Kaleido Scope

Patient Safety and Performance Measures

In the Women and Infants Center at UAB, patient safety is critically important. We strive to deliver effective and efficient care while protecting our patients from harm. One example of patient safety ...
Forbes

Patient Safety: Lessons On Creating A Global Safety Culture

Jeff Surges is a board member and former CEO of RLDatix, a leading global provider of connected healthcare operations software and services. Unsafe care is a global public health issue. According to ...
Forbes

Leveraging Technology For Patient Safety: The Role Of Knowledge Management In Healthcare

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. In the rapidly evolving landscape of healthcare technology, ensuring patient safety remains ...
Fierce Healthcare

ECRI: The growing pediatric mental health crisis is 2023's biggest patient safety challenge

The growing youth mental health crisis is the top patient safety concern this year, according to the latest report from ECRI. ECRI, an independent group tracking the safety, quality and ...
Medscape

Communication Key to Improving Patient Safety

DUBLIN — Researchers in Spain have reported a complex picture of primary care patient safety across the country, with survey results highlighting a critical need for improved communication systems ...
Medscape

GPs Say Heavy Workload Risks Patient Safety

Almost three quarters of UK GPs say workload pressures are putting patient safety at risk, according to a new Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) survey. The college’s annual GP Voice survey ...
Nursing Times

Patient safety: transforming a hospital-wide daily staff huddle

A hospital revised its staff huddles to focus on patient safety and adverse events, resulting in increased reporting and positive staff feedback. Abstract After an inspection raised substantial ...
USA Today

Patient safety awareness focus of new report as preventable medical errors kill thousands

Patient safety likely remains the nation's third leading cause of death and addressing it needs to be a key national priority, a presidential panel said this week. The panel released a report ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Joint Commission names 2025 top organizations, physician for patient safety, quality

The Joint Commission recognized one person and two organizations for excellence in patient safety and healthcare quality. The John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards, launched in 2002, ...
The News Journal

Delaware ranked worst in US in hospital patient safety in new Leapfrog report. Here's why

Patient safety in Delaware hospitals is once again under scrutiny following the latest report from The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit that scores hospitals twice a year based on public data and surveys.
MassLive

Patient safety concerns at 4 Mass. hospitals, Leapfrog survey shows

Four Massachusetts hospitals, three in Worcester County and one in Middlesex County, are ranked as having low safety grades by LeapFrog Hospital Safety’s fall survey. In a few weeks, the nonprofit ...