Norwood Hospital is a full-service, 263-bed community hospital in Norwood, Massachusetts. In 2013...

March 14th, 2016
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One patient safety tool can be used in all care and service areas, improving safety and quality f...

March 14th, 2016
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In May 2011, the hospital was experiencing an increase in mislabeled specimens among the ED and o...

October 6th, 2015
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The link between excessive work hours and adverse errors is inseparable. This project investigate...

September 14th, 2015
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The goal of this project was to reduce the number of injection errors occurring at the hospital's...

September 14th, 2015
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Health care teams that communicate effectively reduce the potential for human error, resulting in...

June 18th, 2015
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The daily operational safety exercise was an initiative spearheaded by the patient safety departm...

June 17th, 2015
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