According to the World Health Organization, as many as one in 10 patients are harmed while receiving hospital care - seven out of 100 hospitalized patients acquire health care-associated infections.

Although John Prescott, MD, chief academic officer at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), said that educating new doctors about patient safety has been a top priority for American ...

Nursing informatics leaders say the most meaningful patient safety improvements tied to AI in nursing workflows so far have come from mature, predictable decision-support tools — while more ...

Training vendors that come into a hospital environment is an important part of patient safety planning, according to a recent blog post from IntelliCentrics. 1. Reduce the spread of disease.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services offers a free training resource on best infection control practices for physicians, other clinicians, patient advocates and medical students.

The NQF views safety as a fundamental and essential attribute of quality healthcare. Without safety there simply cannot be high quality. The NQF also considers improving patient safety as an ethical ...

New Orleans–On Wednesday, August 17, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. in the Isidore Cohn Learning Center on the campus of Louisiana State University (LSU) Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, a surgical team ...

NINGBO, ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA, January 19, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In recent years, the global healthcare ...

The ECRI Institute named diagnostic errors and improper management of test results in electronic health records (EHRs) as the top patient safety challenge facing healthcare organizations in its ...

Today's medical students are not learning enough about patient safety, the importance of teamwork and communication, and safety science, according to a new white paper released by the Lucian Leape ...