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Lucian Leape, Father of the Patient Safety Movement, Dies at 94
Lucian Leape, MD, considered by many to be the father of the patient safety movement, died Monday in Lexington, Massachusetts ...
Lucian Leape, Whose Work Spurred Patient Safety in Medicine, Dies at 94
Despite resistance from the medical establishment, he found systemic ways to reduce errors, paving the way for a global ...
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WHO unveils 10 patient safety rights | Becker's - Becker's Hospital Review
The Patient Safety Rights Charter is the first to outline patients’ rights in the context of safety. “The Charter will provide healthcare workers, ...
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National patients safety goals take shape with federal panel report - USA TODAY
Patient safety likely remains the nation's third leading cause of death and addressing it needs to be a key national priority, a presidential panel said this week. The panel released a report ...
Prioritizing Patient Safety and Quality in a Virtual Environment
Patient safety sets the foundation for a safe, equitable, trustworthy care experience — regardless of whether you’re ...
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Patient Safety: Lessons On Creating A Global Safety Culture - Forbes
Further, in 2021, the WHO set out a Global Patient Safety Action Plan (GPSAP) which outlines steps to improve healthcare safety globally. Earlier this year, the WHO released its inaugural global ...
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Improving patient safety shouldn’t be a financial calculation
As then-Vice President Joe Biden told the Patient Safety Movement Foundation in 2015, “It’s not like we have to find a new cure for brain cancer. This is within our grasp. ...
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A national safety board made transportation safer and could do the same for health care, advocates say - CNN
Although patient safety groups represent the interests of millions of people, they don’t have the same financial firepower on hand as the health care industry does.
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Patient Safety Research May Be Imperiled if AHRQ Is Downsized, Experts Warn - Medpage Today
AHRQ's demise would cause unnecessary suffering, according to Patricia McGaffigan, RN, MS, CPPS, senior advisor for patient and workforce safety at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.