March 12-18, 2017, is Patient Safety Awareness Week, led by the National Patient Safety Foundatio...

March 13th, 2017
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March 12–18 is Patient Safety Awareness Week. HPOE.org offers guides, tools, case studies...

March 10th, 2017

U.S. health care leaders are continually working to improve care processes while advancing a medi...

March 2nd, 2017
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A “Germ Crusher” challenge at Children’s Hospital Colorado brought together leadership, staff, pa...

July 11th, 2016
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Bassett Medical Center, a 180-bed hospital in Cooperstown, New York, has implemented and sustaine...

March 16th, 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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Boston Children’s Hospital and its associated pediatric primary care physicians organization coll...

February 29th, 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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Health care teams that communicate effectively reduce the potential for human error, resulting in...

June 18th, 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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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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UConn John Dempsey Hospital, a 174-bed facility in Farmington, Connecticut, used best practices a...

February 5th, 2015
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Identifying solutions to reduce hospital-acquired conditions. Working to spread this knowledge to...

November 24th, 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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Goal-Reduce and prevent medical errors by adopting best practices and procedures. The Patient Sa...

September 17th, 2013
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The Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement Networks are designed to improve patient care ac...

July 10th, 2013
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This report from the Department of Health and Human Services describes a plan to bolster implemen...

July 2nd, 2013
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