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Leapfrog Group: Healthcare-Acquired Infection Rates Decline Post-Pandemic

Nov. 6, 2023
Staffing shortages seen as key reason that patient experience scores worsened for the second year in a row

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HHS to Launch Alliance to Advance Patient Safety

Nov. 4, 2022
The Action Alliance will be built on the core principals of the ‘National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety’
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Patient Safety Learning Lab to Focus on Telehealth Access

Oct. 3, 2022
AHRQ funds research by MedStar Health, Stanford Medicine and Intermountain to study connected care enhancements
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Patient Safety Leaders Respond to Prosecution of Medication Error

Sept. 15, 2022
‘We are not going to get safer with criminal prosecution,’ says Terry Fairbanks, M.D., M.S., vice president and chief quality and safety officer at MedStar Health
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AHRQ Tool to Help Health Systems Learn From Diagnostic Safety Events

Aug. 25, 2022
Measure Dx guide outline a series of steps to begin and sustain measurement of diagnostic safety
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Organizations Urge Addressing Patient and Workforce Safety From Total Systems Approach

May 18, 2022
Representatives from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, CMS, CDC, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality met at the IHI Patient Safety Congress to discuss the...