In 1999, the Institute of Medicine Committee on Quality of Health Care in America published “To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System” — an investigation into the prevalence of medical errors ...

Seven hospitals in New Jersey have received the Leapfrog Group’s “Top Hospital Award” for excellence in patient safety and ...

Patient safety challenges are exacerbated by healthcare workforce challenges. However, a workplace culture focused on measuring what goes wrong and making changes to address root causes – powered by ...

Despite improvement efforts over the past 30 years, patient safety and preventable harm incidents remain significant challenges in the healthcare industry. According to a 2023 study in the New England ...

States introduced healthcare AI bills in 2025, with 33 laws signed across 21 states focusing on patient safety ...

One cyberattack can mean the difference between life and death. Every week, another headline exposes the terrifying reality that, in today’s digitally driven healthcare environment, cybersecurity ...

FORT BRAGG, NC -Womack Army Medical Center (WAMC) has received an “A” score from Leapfrog, a national nonprofit organization that evaluates healthcare ...

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 ...

Charles Denham, MD, of the Texas Medical Institute of Technology, reflects on what healthcare providers can do to intensify efforts toward increasing patient safety. In an article published in Journal ...

A chain of command is a formal, structured communication technique used to resolve patient safety issues. Through this process, care team members can escalate a concern through leadership levels until ...