Patient Safety Blog

During a Pandemic: Caregivers cannot give what they don't have

As busy, caring people, it’s easy for healthcare providers to feel stressed out, exhausted, and...

One Storm - Different Boats

Recently, a friend of mine made a post on social media about our collective experience with the new...

AHRQ Updates Culture Compares for Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs)

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) recently released the Ambulatory Surgery...

Brian LaCroix Joins the Center for Patient Safety

Bringing National EMS Leadership Focus to the Prevention of Patient Harm

Patient harm is still a challenge throughout healthcare, including EMS

COLUMBIA, MISSOURI - A new, year-long webinar series – a different webinar each month in 2020 –...

The Challenge for EMS:  Getting Airways Right

“[If it takes] my sister’s death to awaken the situation, we’ll definitely want to figure out...

Courts Produce More Good News for PSOs

The patient safety work product privilege is a quiet corner of the room ... The statutes carve an...

World Patient Safety Day 2019

The Center for Patient Safety (CPS) is excited to join the World Health Organization (WHO) campaign...

Center for Patient Safety Update

A Personal Note from Alex Christgen:

I took over as Executive Director at the Center for Patient...