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The Evidence Effect: How AHRQ Helped Hospitals Reduce Harm and Improve Patient Safety

The Evidence Effect: How AHRQ Helped Hospitals Reduce Harm and Improve Patient Safety When patients enter a hospital, they expect care that is safe, effective, and informed...

Three Weeks to Act on a Nurse’s Patient Safety Concerns

For three weeks after his surgery, a patient at the Royal Oldham Hospital (England) had no bowel movement and was in increasing pain. The ward sister kept raising patient safety co...

Machine Learning to Prioritize High-Severity Patient Safety Events for Institutional Investigation: Algorithm Developmen...

Background: Patient safety events (PSEs) are preventable incidents that cause, or have the potential to cause, harm to patients during their medical journey. Although incident repo...

A Quantifiable 3D Closed-Loop Framework for Controlled Substance Safety in a HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Mo...

Background: Controlled substances require strict life cycle management, but manual workflows can lead to documentation errors, traceability gaps, and delays in empty-ampoule recove...

Healthcare Quality Improvement with AI: A Governed Prompt for Patient Safety and Clinical Operations

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Elevance Health Foundation launched a prize program for patient safety initiatives. Here's why

The Elevance Health Foundation has launched a new prize program aimed at supporting solutions aimed at improving patient safety, with the first crop of winners targeting challenges...

This is a full workflow map for a Safety Officer. The core message is at the top and bottom: Plan -> Prevent -> Pr...

 This is a full workflow map for a Safety Officer. The core message is at the top and bottom:Plan -> Prevent -> Protect -> Promote and Safety is a Process, Not a One-Time...

<b>MoH organizes Oman Patient Safety Month </b>

  MUSCAT: The Ministry of Health has embarked upon its annual programme, Oman Patient Safety Month, on Wednesday.The ministry will also organize a scientific conference attracting....

Experienced physicians and patient safety defy spreadsheets

There was a time when becoming a physician meant entering a profession in which your experience was not merely appreciated; it was actively sought after. My father belongs to a gen...

Anesthesia standards should follow the patient, not the room

More procedures are now performed far from the traditional operating room. Endoscopy units, interventional radiology suites, cardiac catheterization laboratories, and MRI rooms rou...

What would make neonatal units safer for babies? | Letters

Dr Pamela S Melding highlights how New Zealand has created a healthcare culture where patient safety, interests and consent are the overriding principles. Plus letters from Mark Ha...

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Valley Health System adds Yodice as Patient Safety Officer

Valley Health System announced Sept. 17 that it has welcomed Paul C. Yodice, MD, FCCP, FCCM, as its Patient Safety Officer. In this role, Dr. Yodice will work with physicians, nurs...

Fire Protection for Healthcare Facilities: Fire safety, designed to care for every space.

Healthcare facilities never stop. Hospitals, clinics, laboratories, and nursing homes operate around the clock, supporting patients who depend on continuous care. In these environm...

When CAPA Fails: A Four-Pillar Framework for Protecting Patients

A four-pillar CAPA framework can help medical device manufacturers strengthen root cause analysis, expand systemic reviews, verify corrective action effectiveness with real data, a...

4 Steps to Secure the Healthcare Data Supply Chain!

Data security has become a major concern over the last few years. It’s the responsibility of every sector, including the Healthcare Data Supply Chain, to ensure they secure their s...

Q&A: Texas hospital safety. Why the fight isn’t over

On this edition of "Inside the Investigation" – an extended discussion first featured in the latest episode of our weekly investigative program, "Cause & Effect" – KXAN’s Arezo...

A Regulatory Blind Spot Hiding in Plain Sight

By JUSTIN MCKAY When I’m brought back into the diagnostic area, one of the first things I see is a lead apron, well-worn and folded into itself, about ready to slide offContinue re...

Canadian ‘virtual sitter’ technology expands as hospitals look to improve patient safety and ease staffing pressures

Canadian hospitals are increasingly turning to remote patient observation technology as they look for new ways to protect patients at risk of falls and other adverse events while m...

After KXAN investigation, Texas lawmaker plans new push for hospital safety

Texas hospitals could face new safety requirements after KXAN’s reporting exposed risks that contributed to a deadly Austin crash and revealed similar concerns across the country. 

Health Care Quality Improvement Act Immunity: How Thorough Peer Review Protects Hospitals from Damages Claims

Concerns over staff shortages, patient safety in midwest

Senior hospital management in the midwest health region have raised serious concerns about staffing shortages and ongoing patient safety issues across the region.

FUNDAMENTALS OF HEALTH & SAFETY MANAGEMENT

 🏗️ FUNDAMENTALS OF HEALTH & SAFETY MANAGEMENT 📌 Safety isn't just about preventing accidents — it's about seeing and stopping risks BEFORE they cause harm. ✅ Ma...

Safety and Performance Evaluation of a Clinical Decision Support System for Imatinib Therapeutic Drug Monitoring: In Sil...

Background: Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) aims to optimize clinical outcomes but is hindered by logistical delays and susceptibility to data errors. Integrating model-informed...