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A Need for Speed

By: Lynnette Torres, Quality Improvement Manager for Memorial Hospital of Carbondale

QAPI: 10 Steps to Improvement

Long-term care providers face new expectations for their safety and quality work in the form of...

Six Book Recommendations for Leaders

At last week’s National Patient Safety Foundation Congress Don Berwick, MD, senior fellow at the...

Identifying and Learning from Clinical Errors in Pre-hospital Care

A recent article in JEMS magazine by Dr. Mark E.A. Escott raises the important issue of patient...

Great Read - IHI Reliability Article

IHI recently shared good advice on how to improve care to lessen the likelihood of human error....

Nursing Home Week Spotlight: Kathy Wire

The Center for Patient Safety is proud of our diverse team and is especially proud of our Patient...

Hospital Week Spotlight: Eunice Halverson

The Center for Patient Safety is proud of our diverse team and is especially proud of our Patient...

Safer Patient Care: One organization at a time

Over the last twelve years, the Center for Patient Safety (Center) has established itself as a...

Experiencing Medical Errors

Some of the most stirring reports of medical errors come from medical professionals who find...