Patient Safety

Since 2002, the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) has sponsored Patient Safety Awareness Week (PSAW) as a means of making caregivers,...Read More »

This issue contains articles about medical interpreter certification, patient safety awareness week, the development of an electronic medication...Read More »

In October 2008, staff members at Riverside Methodist Hospital (RMH) in Columbus, OH, approached Sheryl Tripp, MSN, RN-BC, nurse manager for the...Read More »

Hospitals need to realize that the healthcare industry is forever linked with the macroeconomics of the ¬United States, IHI president and CEO...Read More »

This issue of Briefings on Patient Safety has articles about the Institute for Healthcare Improvement 21st National Forum on Quality Improvement,...Read More »

True or false: One of the first steps in a falls reduction program is an accurate assessment of each patient’s fall risk.Read More »

True or false: Hospitals must monitor the timeliness of reporting routine critical test results and values.Read More »

Culture of safety

Illustrating the cost of poor quality. Aug., p. 1.

Survey: Most hospitals make culture of safety a priority...Read More »

Inside:

More attention being paid to diagnosis errors

Patient safety Q&A

Joint Commission, HHS release new video about...Read More »