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Patient Safety Awareness Week, an annual education and awareness campaign for healthcare safety sponsored by the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF), is this week, March 3-9, 2013. Join in act...

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Join us for the 7th Annual AHAP Conference on June 6-7 in Las Vegas! Previous attendees can attest – The AHAP conference provides invaluable knowledge and education you can’t get anywher...

The Joint Commission has released the latest in its ongoing series of “Speak Up” patient education and self-advocacy videos this week. This latest video addresses pain and how a patient,...

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