Patient Safety

Inside: Report says medical students need increased training on patient safety Quilt, staff brainstorm contest help promote Patient...Read More »

Next time you’re brainstorming a way to engage staff in a patient safety–related fair or observance, consider creating a quilt. That’s what staff...Read More »

National Patient Safety Goal NPSG.15.01.01 requires that patients being treated for emotional or behavioral disorders be identified for the risk...Read More »

The content of an effective handoff communication should include __________.Read More »

This issue contains articles about human factors engineering, suicide risk assessment, rapid response teams and analyzing where missed...Read More »

Identifying patients at risk for suicide has been a requirement of the National Patient Safety Goals since 2007. Since that time, inpatient...Read More »

When Barbara Wilson, PhD, RNC, begins any new patient safety project, she first examines the principles of human factors engineering (HFE). Wilson...Read More »

As we move further into 2010, I’m excited about the opportunities for growth and improvement we have in store for our patient safety programs. The...Read More »

One of the most vital parts of providing adequate healthcare is the exchange of information between patient and caregiver. Without clear...Read More »

Q: How should our organization meet compliance with educating patients and their families on multidrug-¬resistant organisms (MDRO...Read More »