Quality & Patient Safety
AHA Team Training's in-person TeamSTEPPS Master Training course will teach participants all the TeamSTEPPS tools and principles - what they are, how to use them, and how to take them back to your organization.
AHA Team Training's in-person TeamSTEPPS Master Training course will teach participants all the TeamSTEPPS tools and principles - what they are, how to use them, and how to take them back to your organization.
AHA Team Training's in-person TeamSTEPPS Master Training course will teach participants all the TeamSTEPPS tools and principles - what they are, how to use them, and how to take them back to your organization.
One week in early March every year is designated as Patient Safety Awareness Week, a national recognition to encourage everyone to learn more about health care safety.
To support National Patient Safety Awareness Week, which starts Sunday, the American Society for Health Care Risk Management has developed free tip sheets and other resources to promote patient safety at hospitals.
The Agency for Health Care Research and Quality named as its new director Robert “Bob” Otto Valdez, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation professor emeritus of family and community medicine and economics at the University of New Mexico.
The Hippocratic oath has provided an ethical guide for physicians for centuries. Updating language about patient privacy to include data privacy and acknowledging the transformative impact medical technologies like artificial intelligence and robotics have in providing care could help younger…
In a commentary published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the Centers for Medicare…
More than two years into an unprecedented worldwide pandemic, America’s hospitals and health systems, and our caregivers, remain more dedicated than ever to patient safety and delivering the highest quality of care to all. Our field has made many important gains over the last decade in improving…
The Joint Commission has released an advisory that reviews recommended safety actions for reprocessing reusable instruments and devices.