According to the World Health Organization, as many as one in 10 patients are harmed while receiving hospital care - seven out of 100 hospitalized patients acquire health care-associated infections.

Training vendors that come into a hospital environment is an important part of patient safety planning, according to a recent blog post from IntelliCentrics. 1. Reduce the spread of disease.

The NQF views safety as a fundamental and essential attribute of quality healthcare. Without safety there simply cannot be high quality. The NQF also considers improving patient safety as an ethical ...

Sparta, N.J.-based Specialty Surgical Center staff recently completed training through the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety at Johns Hopkins University. The staff now plans to make changes to ...

The ECRI Institute named diagnostic errors and improper management of test results in electronic health records (EHRs) as the top patient safety challenge facing healthcare organizations in its ...

A surgeon reached for the robotic console controls to perform a routine prostatectomy. Everything looked ready. But within ...

Challenges with health technology adoption and reductions in maternal services could also threaten patient safety this year, according to an ECRI study. To create the top 10 list of patient safety ...

Clinicians’ increased burdens are making it harder for valid concerns voiced by patients, their families and their caretakers to be acknowledged, raising the risk of missed diagnoses and exacerbated ...

A new patient safety training package could be rolled out to all nurses in a bid to reduce cases of avoidable harm and generate a culture change within the NHS. Subscribe today for unlimited access to ...

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