The National Steering Committee for Patient Safety met for the first time in May 2018. Convened by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), it aims to “develop a national blueprint to reduce ...

Morgan C. Shields ([email protected]) is a PhD student and NIAAA fellow at the Institute for Behavioral Health, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, in Waltham, ...

The Joint Commission warns that hospital leaders are not promoting changes needed to improve attitudes toward safety, and new research both confirms and challenges the validity of tools designed to ...

'You basically cannot have patient safety without health equity,' says Yale New Haven Health executive. Yale New Haven Health is striving to address the health equity elements of patient safety.

What risks does digital healthcare pose for patient safety? Nick Woodier from the Health Services Safety Investigations Body ...

Hospitals are charged with the dual task of keeping patients well while also keeping patients safe. The two are inextricably linked, as patient safety concerns often tie directly into patient health ...

Twice a year, Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades are assigned to nearly 3,000 general acute-care hospitals nationwide.

The Leapfrog Group evaluates hospitals across five categories: infections; problems with surgery; safety problems; practices ...

Penn State Health Hampden, Lancaster and Milton S. Hershey medical centers each earned an ‘A’ grade, the highest possible ...

Dr. Rudi Eggers is Director, Integrated Health Services, World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters; Dr. Irina Papieva is Technical Officer, Patient Safety Flagship, Integrated Health Services, WHO ...

A new survey released overnight Thursday shows that hospitals across Michigan are falling behind in patient safety.

Nearly 3,000 US hospitals were scored “A” through “F” based on how well they protect patients from preventable medical errors, accidents, injuries and infections.