Explore the concept of valuing safety as a purpose rather than a priority in the U.S. healthcare landscape, per Inova, UCSF Health and Fairview execs.

Background Hospital readmissions are an important quality of care indicator and are tied to hospitals’ financial reimbursements. Safety-net hospitals, which serve a high proportion of patients of low ...

1 Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA 2 Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement ... research in ...

Embracing practice-based quality improvement (QI ... we recently introduced safety incident reviews into the residency curriculum with the twin goals of increasing both staff and resident competency ...

We have received text from H.R. 141: Trailer Safety Improvement Act. This bill was received on 2025-01-03, and currently has 3 cosponsors. Here is a short summary of the bill: This bill ...

The mission and primary activity of the PSO is to conduct activities that improve patient safety and healthcare delivery quality. Appropriate staffing, including licensed professionals ...

A patient also ... possible health improvement. Retained objects occur in a multitude of clinical settings as part of procedures and routine care, and the Trust has in place safety mechanisms ...

The overriding purpose of the PSQIA is to provide legal protection for patient safety data so that healthcare providers will be encouraged to voluntarily report data to PSOs. The Act is also ...

A North Shields care home has been given an "requires improvement" rating by the Care Quality Commission following ... told to improve when it comes to safety and leadership.

A shortage of nursing home beds in New Brunswick is endangering the lives of hospital patients, warns the chair of Horizon Health Network's patient safety and quality improvement committee. Dr ...