The patient safety movement has made the healthcare workplace safer for employees too, a risk analysis suggests. "We think the intense emphasis on patient safety has a direct implication on worker ...

In the aftermath of the transplant mismatch an exhaustive review of patient safety literature was completed; a re-evaluation of the organization's compliance with the IOM recommendations was carried ...

The Society of Hospital Medicine, the society representing more than 31,000 hospitalists and the hospital medicine specialty, has implemented several successful patient safety initiatives that have ...

An obstetrics patient safety program can improve safety climate and staff perceptions of safety, according to an article published in American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Researchers ...

BENTON, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HD Nursing, the leading patient safety solution that combines predictive analytics with individualized fall and pressure injury prevention, announces its collaborative ...

AHA urges ONC slow health IT certification overhaul to protect patient safety and support rural hospitals during transition to FHIR standards.

Aurora Dialysis, located in Grand Forks, ND was recently awarded the 5-Diamond Patient Safety Program award and will receive special recognition at Network 11's Annual Meeting, October 2012, in ...

Patients’ misperceptions of statins and physicians’ limited knowledge of a hypercholesterolemia safety-net program warrant additional interventions to reduce barriers and improve care. Objectives: To ...

Patient safety is one of the greatest imperatives in healthcare today; however, there are many obstacles that must be overcome to make the healthcare system truly safe. This article describes one ...