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From Close Calls to Safer Systems: Rethinking Near Miss Reporting in Healthcare

To truly drive safety at scale, healthcare organizations will have to look beyond just adverse events and better leverage insights from one of the most valuable, but often underuti...

Workplace safety is a top priority for 93% of healthcare leaders: Axon survey

To offset potential disruptions, eight in 10 healthcare leaders favor increasing investments geared toward improving safety and operational efficiency.

Sedation Practice in Interventional Radiology: Regulatory and Safety Considerations Beyond Pharmacology

Patient safety rules overhaul

The Health Ministry is establishing a National System for Healthcare Quality Governance and Patient Safety.

'Serious incidents or injuries' risk due to issues in HSE's internal health and safety system

Almost half of acute hospitals don’t have a health and safety officer.

"Serious" concerns raised about patient safety at hospital after duty of care breach

A health board has admitted it breached its duty of care after an incident involving a physician associate, amid a fresh attack over "serious" patient safety concerns.

Why psychological safety in health care systems matters

In health care, we often talk about psychological safety as something leaders create, encouraging people to speak up, be open, and learn from mistakes. But in practice, many clinic...

Stronger together for patient safety

The Health Care Alliance for Patient Safety is expanding its advocacy network—and AOA members are crucial to its success.

Why Healthcare’s Safety Strategy Must Be Layered, Data-Driven, and Lead With Trust

Healthcare leaders no longer debate whether workplace violence is a crisis. The data is clear. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, healthcare and social service worke...

Why Healthcare’s Safety Strategy Must Be Layered, Data-Driven, and Lead With Trust

Healthcare leaders no longer debate whether workplace violence is a crisis. The data is clear. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, healthcare and social service worke...

Ensuring Medication Safety in Older Adults’ Home Care

As the global population ages, the safety and efficacy of medication management for older adults have become critical public health priorities. A groundbreaking study set to be pub...

Expert calls for safety review at Scotland's troubled superhospital

Andrew Poplett says it is "incredibly difficult" to say whether the hospital is safe or unsafe for all patients.

Leapfrog Group's latest safety grades have far fewer low scores since removal of non-participating hospitals

The patient safety group spotlighted broad improvements in most patient safety and experience measures among the first set of grades following a court-ordered removal of hospitals...

Closing the execution reliability gap in health care systems

Health care has made extraordinary progress in clinical knowledge. Diagnostic capabilities have advanced, treatments have become more precise, and predictive analytics now help cli...

How implicit bias in health care impacts patient safety

Recently, I found myself in a place many physicians know professionally but dread personally: the waiting area outside a procedure room, this time as a mother. My six-year-old unde...

How implicit bias in health care impacts patient safety

Recently, I found myself in a place many physicians know professionally but dread personally: the waiting area outside a procedure room, this time as a mother. My six-year-old unde...

Growing Concerns Over Patient Safety Bring Increased Attention to Medical Malpractice Cases Across Georgia

Legal professionals say evolving healthcare systems and rising medical error concerns are making patient advocacy more important than ever

AHA Chair authors column in USA Today insert on advancing patient safety

USA Today published a column  by AHA Board Chair Marc Boom, M.D., president and CEO of Houston Methodist, highlighting how hospitals and health systems continue to raise t...

Doctors report false health information, lack of health data sharing put patient care at risk

Canada’s doctors are concerned that false health information and disconnected health systems are putting patient care at risk. In the latest edition of Physician Pulse, a joint sur...

Doctors report false health information, lack of health data sharing put patient care at risk

Canada’s doctors are concerned that false health information and disconnected health systems are putting patient care at risk. In the latest edition of Physician Pulse, a joint sur...

AHA urges delay on TEFCA individual access SOP over patient privacy concerns

The AHA April 24 urged the Sequoia Project to delay implementation of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement Individual Access Services Exchange Purpose Standard Opera...

Patient Safety Officer Job at Aga Khan Health Service Tanzania

Organization name: Aga Khan Health Service, Tanzania (AKHST) Background information: AKHST, an institution of The Aga Khan Development Network, completed a major phase II expansion...

Q&A: Updates on medication safety, shortages and recalls for 2026

SAN FRANCISCO — At the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting, Douglas S. Paauw, MD, MACP, offered a presentation on challenges in prescribing.Healio spoke with Paauw, the Rathmann Family F...

Evaluating Hospital Discharge Prescription Care in Elderly

In the rapidly evolving landscape of geriatric medicine, one critical yet often overlooked aspect is the continuity of medication management following hospital discharge. A recent...