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Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Is it time for a National Patient Safety Board?

April 13, 2026

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

One proposal to improve care quality at the national level is the creation of a National Patient Safety Board, which would gather best practices, research and analyze errors, and put out education mat...

Medical Environment Update

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Q&A: Memory loss and medication management

April 13, 2026

Behavioral & Mental Health, Quality & Errors

For many people, forgetting a daily dose of an ADHD, allergy, or other drug might be disruptive but not life threatening. However, for millions of Americans, taking the right medicine at the right tim...

Medical Environment Update

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High reliability safety: The checklist

April 13, 2026

Quality & Errors

A high reliability organization (HRO) is one that works with complex and hazardous systems every day and still retains a highly safe and error-free environment. The first recognized HROs were the Unit...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Using measurement-based care to turn patient data into treatment

April 13, 2026

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Chris Novak, vice president and chief operating officer for Ascension Illinois’ behavioral medicine service line, says the process of gathering data to support treatment benefits not only the provider...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Why nurses are raging and quitting after the RaDonda Vaught verdict

April 13, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Quality & Errors

Emma Moore felt cornered. At a community health clinic in Portland, Oregon, the 29-year-old nurse practitioner said she felt overwhelmed and undertrained. Coronavirus patients flooded the clinic for t...

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“Criminalizing medical error creates environments and cultures of fear,” says Institute for Healthcare Improvement

April 13, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Quality & Errors

Preventing medical errors requires people to come forward when those errors are made, IHI says. Otherwise, how else will healthcare organizations know there’s a problem? But nurses and other healthcar...

Medical Environment Update

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March MEU Quiz

April 13, 2026

Laboratory Safety, Quality & Errors

Did you read the stories from the March MEU, and how well do you remember it? Test your knowledge with this short quiz. ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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The power of the patient navigator

April 13, 2026

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors, Health Equity

If you work in healthcare every day, the system will probably feel like second nature to you. You know the available resources and where to get answers. You know what forms are needed for procedure A ...

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How structured reporting can lead to better patient outcomes

April 13, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

Structured reporting systems are expected to dramatically improve patient care and data management. A coalition of 14 professional societies, led by the American College of Cardiology and by the So...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Key trends and cautionary tales: Staffing shortages and patient safety

April 13, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Policies and Procedures, Health Equity, Healthcare Staff, Quality & Errors

Ask any healthcare executive to name the biggest issue that will demand their attention in 2022, and the response will be staffing shortages and their impact on patient safety. Those focused on improv...

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Is it time for a National Patient Safety Board?

Q&A: Memory loss and medication management

High reliability safety: The checklist

Using measurement-based care to turn patient data into treatment

Why nurses are raging and quitting after the RaDonda Vaught verdict

“Criminalizing medical error creates environments and cultures of fear,” says Institute for Healthcare Improvement

March MEU Quiz

The power of the patient navigator

How structured reporting can lead to better patient outcomes

Key trends and cautionary tales: Staffing shortages and patient safety

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