Share on Pinterest Healthgrades has announced the 2024 recipients of the Patient Safety Excellence and Outstanding Patient Experience Awards. Tom Werner/Getty Images Healthgrades has announced the ...

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 ...

Jeff Surges is a board member and former CEO of RLDatix, a leading global provider of connected healthcare operations software and services. Unsafe care is a global public health issue. According to ...

“First, do no harm” may be the most well-known adage in the medical profession, but it’s far more than an admonishment. Preventing harm by investing in patient safety is a smart business strategy that ...

The role of technology in prioritizing patient safety is becoming increasingly apparent. Research is emerging around the capability of machine learning (ML) to potentially reduce medical alert fatigue ...

Patient safety likely remains the nation's third leading cause of death and addressing it needs to be a key national priority, a presidential panel said this week. The panel released a report ...

In 2025, the top threats to patient safety reflect a mix of long-standing challenges and emerging risks, according to a new report from ECRI and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices.

Misidentifying patients can have tragic consequences. Numerous catastrophic cases and near misses have been collected by Patient ID Now, a coalition of health care organizations we are affiliated with ...

Patients and caregivers play a central role in health care safety in the hospital, ambulatory care setting, and community. Despite this, interventions to promote patient engagement in safety are still ...

Dr. Rudi Eggers is Director, Integrated Health Services, World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters; Dr. Irina Papieva is Technical Officer, Patient Safety Flagship, Integrated Health Services, WHO ...

Adverse events during hospitalization are a major cause of patient harm, as documented in the 1991 Harvard Medical Practice Study. Patient safety has changed substantially in the decades since that ...

Morgan C. Shields ([email protected]) is a PhD student and NIAAA fellow at the Institute for Behavioral Health, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, in Waltham, ...