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Study shows racial disparity in hospital patient safety

February 13, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

Differences in the quality of hospitals that Black and White patients access are a driver of patient safety disparities between Black and White patients, a new report says. Racial care disparities ...

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Healthcare organizations still catching up to LGBTQIA+ care

February 13, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

Sexual and gender minority people are not a modern phenomenon, but it’s only been in the last two decades that the healthcare industry has started rewriting policies and procedures that once excluded ...

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Patient Safety Monitor Journal, April 2021

February 13, 2026

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors, Infection Control

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Review patient falls, especially those involving infants, as surveys resume

March 26, 2021

Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The Joint Commission releases its 2020 sentinel event report: patient falls, unintentional retention of foreign objects, suicides, delays in treatment, and wrong surgery are once again the top patient...

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Patient Safety Awareness Week resources from PSQH

February 13, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Patient Safety Awareness Week (PSAW) is coming to a close, but the focus on patient safety and healthcare quality will continue on as always. Thanks to all the dedicated professionals who work in heal...

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10 steps to becoming a high-reliability hospital from Truman Medical Center

March 16, 2021

Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

By the end of the study, Truman reported that its patient outcomes had improved, low-harm errors were being reported more often, and that quality improvement education had become self-sustaining withi...

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How Truman became a high reliability hospital: The three-year program to build a safety culture

February 13, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

What does it take to turn an already well-performing hospital into a high reliability organization (HRO)? In 2016, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) decided to undertake a three-year project to...

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February 13, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety

This is Brian Ward and A.J. Plunkett, editors of Patient Safety Monitor Journal and Inside Accreditation & Quality and we are looking for feedback on our newsletters: what we're doing well, what w...

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How to treat coronavirus patients in post-ICU care clinics

February 13, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Infection Control

Indiana University Health is using an ambulatory post-ICU care clinic to treat COVID-19 patients who survived ICU care and are experiencing coronavirus symptoms after hospital discharge. ...

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Handheld ultrasound boosts doctors’ pandemic toolkit

February 13, 2026

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors, Infection Control

Point-of-care ultrasound has found an important place in the toolkit of clinicians fighting the spread and effects of COVID-19, according to the chief innovation officer of Baltimore-based LifeBridge ...

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Study shows racial disparity in hospital patient safety

Healthcare organizations still catching up to LGBTQIA+ care

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, April 2021

Review patient falls, especially those involving infants, as surveys resume

Patient Safety Awareness Week resources from PSQH

10 steps to becoming a high-reliability hospital from Truman Medical Center

How Truman became a high reliability hospital: The three-year program to build a safety culture

Rate our newsletters! What do you think about IAQ & PSMJ?

How to treat coronavirus patients in post-ICU care clinics

Handheld ultrasound boosts doctors’ pandemic toolkit

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