Who is responsible for patient safety in your organization? The obvious answer may be the chief patient safety officer or the director of quality and safety. But that’s only partly right. Patient safety has grown to become a distinct discipline involving practitioners from diverse areas of the health care spectrum who work under engaged [...]

The New York Times, January 6, 2012.   WASHINGTON — Hospital employees recognize and report only one out of seven errors, accidents and other events that harm Medicare patients while they are hospitalized, federal investigators say in a new report. Yet even after hospitals investigate preventable injuries and infections that have been reported, they rarely change their [...]

ASPPS to Mark First Anniversary with Patient Safety Pioneer Lucian Leape, MD The American Society of Professionals in Patient Safety (ASPPS) marks its first anniversary on January 24, 2012. We’re celebrating this important milestone with a variety of activities to thank our members for their support, culminating with a special members-only audio conference featuring physician [...]