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 ...

New research from University of Kentucky College of Medicine faculty member Helen Wei, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor in ...

WASHINGTON, June 18, 2024 (Newswire.com) - Patients for Patient Safety US (PFPS US) urges Americans impacted by missed or delayed diagnoses, bias or medical error to ...

Antithrombotic therapy undertreatment includes omission, nonadherence, underdosing, and clinical circumstances that result in ...

Around one in 10 patients is harmed during healthcare globally, with around half of this harm considered preventable, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Against this backdrop, ...

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 ...

Joint Commission announced its 2026 award winners this week at its annual, flagship UNIFY 2026™: Convening for Quality conference. The enterprise’s robust awards program honors outstanding ...

A new report on home births from Maternity and Newborn Safety Investigations (MNSI), the body I set up in 2017 to ...

Healthcare’s biggest patient safety threats for this year run the gamut of workforce concerns to patient access to maternal and perinatal care and all the way down to new health IT use, according to ...

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 ...

DUBLIN — Researchers in Spain have reported a complex picture of primary care patient safety across the country, with survey results highlighting a critical need for improved communication systems ...

Joint Commission International (JCI) recognized the winners of the inaugural Global Patient Safety Awards today at UNIFY 2026™: Convening for Quality, Joint Commission's annual, flagship conference ...