Perineal trauma during childbirth can lead to significant short- or long-term complications such ...

June 16th, 2015
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Data from the AHRQ Safety Culture Survey indicated the need to improve mechanisms for incident ca...

May 29th, 2015
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A Safe Patient Handling program (SPH) was initiated in 2006. A SPH vendor was chosen based upon e...

March 28th, 2015
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To truly transform care, hospitals and care systems must effectively engage patients and their fa...

March 26th, 2015
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The hospital carried out a multidisciplinary team-based approach to improving the safety and appr...

March 22nd, 2015
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The only acceptable number of avoidable patient harms is zero. At Ponca City (Okla.) Medical Cent...

March 9th, 2015

Lexington Regional Health Center, a 25-bed facility in Lexington, Nebraska, used best practices a...

February 5th, 2015
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Los Alamitos Medical Center, a 167-bed facility in Los Alamitos, California, used best practices ...

February 5th, 2015
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Ponca City Medical Center, a 140-bed facility in Ponca City, Oklahoma, used HEN best practices an...

February 5th, 2015
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Sanford Mayville Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Mayville, North Dakota, use...

February 5th, 2015
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UConn John Dempsey Hospital, a 174-bed facility in Farmington, Connecticut, used best practices a...

February 5th, 2015
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This webinar introduces and explains the ONC-sponsored SAFER guides, which can be found at http:/...

December 3rd, 2014
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Identifying solutions to reduce hospital-acquired conditions. Working to spread this knowledge to...

November 24th, 2014
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Take best practices from two industries focused on safety and reliability—nuclear power and aviat...

September 15th, 2014
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Take best practices from two industries focused on safety and reliability—nuclear power and aviat...

September 15th, 2014
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Although rare and difficult to study, wrong-site surgery is a serious risk recognized by health c...

August 29th, 2014
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Three patient navigators are used to advocate on behalf of women with abnormal breast findings on...

June 3rd, 2014
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There is a need for greater understanding of the factors that lead to improved process quality an...

April 16th, 2014
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The National Patient Safety Foundation leads Patient Safety Awareness Week in early March to prom...

March 3rd, 2014
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The United States Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration office released...

January 24th, 2014
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