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

The National Patient Safety Foundation offers a free, downloadable post-discharge tool designed to help patients prevent a readmission. The tool includes a list of tips, including strategies to ...

The Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety released a series of evidence-based recommendations designed to improve health IT safety, titled “Safe Practice Recommendations for Copy and Paste,” at ...

1. Don’t pay to insure non-existent assets. When a hospital purchases a new MRI or CT Scan, the old equipment, if disposed, must be removed from the hospital’s books to reflect what the hospital ...

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 ...

Clinicians’ increased burdens are making it harder for valid concerns voiced by patients, their families and their caretakers to be acknowledged, raising the risk of missed diagnoses and exacerbated ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Gil Press writes about technology, entrepreneurs and innovation. What’s the current state of AI in healthcare? “Deployment is King ...

ASC operating rooms can be dangerous breeding grounds for fire outbreaks, especially during head and neck surgeries when three components — an ignition source such as a cautery, fuel such as ...

Six Northwell Health hospitals have been recognized once again by Healthgrades as recipients of the 2026 Patient Safety Excellence Awards™.

In the UAB Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, quality and safety are at the core of everything we do. Our mission is to provide the highest standard of care to women through continuous quality ...

YORK, Pa. — As Memorial Day Weekend-- the unofficial start of summer -- approaches, a central Pennsylvania healthcare company is offering tips on staying safe while out in the sun. “It is important to ...

Experts suggest relying on lesser-known hospital ratings that prioritize quality, safety, and accountability over popularity. Alternative rating systems include the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...