Physicians from Harvard Medical School whose papers were removed from a government patient safety website have filed a lawsuit against federal agencies to have their work republished. In their ...

New Health Affairs Scholar study identifies real-world strategies to improve patient safety through collaboration, ...

Papers removed from a government patient safety website earlier this year have been restored. The reappearance of the papers comes amid a lawsuit challenging their removal from the Patient Safety ...

If you’re not keeping electronic medical records, you may be putting your patients at risk for adverse events, according to a study from Frost and Sullivan. Paper-based processes, and outdated modes ...

Digital maturity matters when it comes to patient safety and outcomes, according to a research paper published by Anne Snowdon, chief scientific research officer at HIMSS. Using data on 2,000 ...

Hospital care helps patients recover from serious illness and injury but, all too often, patients can also be harmed by it. In 2010, our office, the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department ...

Patient safety challenges are exacerbated by healthcare workforce challenges. However, a workplace culture focused on measuring what goes wrong and making changes to address root causes – powered by ...

The Beryl Institute has released a white paper that includes data from its 2011 benchmarking study on patient satisfaction as well as opportunities for healthcare providers to improve patient ...

Patient safety at 14 Massachusetts hospitals degraded in the last half-year, according to an independent evaluator. Each spring and fall, a non-profit called The Leapfrog Group enlists a panel of ...

The professionals included on this list are prominent advocates for patient safety. They are clinicians, researchers and experts who focus on improving healthcare for large populations. Many honorees ...