Patient Safety Blog: Preventable Errors

Three Common RCA Mistakes

Parsing the Privileges - Part 2 State Protections, the PSQIA, and the Federal Common Law Privilege

Parsing the Privileges - Part 1: Attorney-Client Privilege/PSQIA

The Importance of Addressing Lab Errors: Uncovering the Causes of Mislabeled and Unlabeled Specimens

In the past 18 months, the Center for Patient Safety PSO collected nearly 500 reports of unlabeled...

Healthcare Forward Report: Patient and Provider Safety

The Center for Patient Safety (CPS) is excited about our new report being released this week: ...

CPS Safety Watch/Alert - Medication Shortages

Medication Shortages:

• Adversely affect drug therapy
• Can cause complications in medical procedures
• ...

Physician Shares Near-Death Experience

Dr. Rana Awdish is a critical care physician who directs the pulmonary hypertension program at...

Addressing The Opioid Crisis

Sometimes health care providers do not recognize the ever-growing opioid problem as one they should...