ALEXANDRIA, Va. A new, complimentary patient-centric safety training course is available from the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation and LearnSomething Inc., a provider of pharmacy, ...

This week, March 8-14, is Patient Safety Awareness Week. Delivering safe, quality care to all patients is the top priority ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Every time you are admitted to a hospital, you place your life in the hands of health care professionals. You trust them to provide the best treatment for you during your stay. You ...

The new guide for educators will help them teach prospective dentists, doctors, nurses, and other health professionals more effectively about patient safety best practices, WHO officials say. The ...

The Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine requires its medical students to take a patient safety certification exam. Vanderbilt nurse RaDonda Vaught was chatting with a mentee the day after Christmas ...

Healthcare organizations often focus their patient safety efforts on the inpatient setting, but research shows a significant number of patients experience adverse events in the outpatient setting. The ...

"Digitization" for enhanced patient safety In dentistry and on dentistry courses, conventional dental impressions using an impression tray are already being increasingly replaced by digital techniques ...

The National Quality Forum and the Joint Commission honored a health system, health plan, and physician as national leaders in patient safety with the 2012 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality ...

The ECRI Institute named diagnostic errors and improper management of test results in electronic health records (EHRs) as the top patient safety challenge facing healthcare organizations in its ...