In October 2008, staff members at Riverside Methodist Hospital (RMH) in Columbus, OH, approached Sheryl Tripp, MSN, RN-BC, nurse manager for the gynecology/gynecology-oncology (gyn/gyn-onc) surgical u...

Hospitals need to realize that the healthcare industry is forever linked with the macroeconomics of the ¬United States, IHI president and CEO Donald M. Berwick, MD, told attendees at the group&rsq...

This issue of Briefings on Patient Safety has articles about the Institute for Healthcare Improvement 21st National Forum on Quality Improvement, preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia, improving ...

True or false: One of the first steps in a falls reduction program is an accurate assessment of each patient’s fall risk....

True or false: Hospitals must monitor the timeliness of reporting routine critical test results and values....

Culture of safety Illustrating the cost of poor quality. Aug., p. 1. Survey: Most hospitals make culture of safety a priority. May, p. 12....

Inside: More attention being paid to diagnosis errors Patient safety Q&A Joint Commission, HHS release new video about healthcare communication Patient photos help reduce medication errors in psyc...