Patient Safety

Health Innovation May 13, 2015

Patient Safety Measures and Safety Culture Improving, but Gaps Remain

By Richard Kronick, PhD – The health care industry wasn’t an early adopter of the well-known mantra that “you can’t manage what you can’t measure.” But measuring and reporting performance on indicators of patient safety and quality have contributed to some marked improvements in recent years, according to the newly released 2014 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

Healthcare Revenue Cycle and Finance, Patient Advocacy May 7, 2015

Patient Safety and Access Improvements, but Disparities Remain

By Richard Kronick, Ph.D. – Today, more Americans than before get safer care, more effective treatments for their illnesses, and better access to care, a new report from AHRQ finds.

HCNR Feed March 9, 2015

Patient Safety Awareness Week: United in Safety

Follow and join the conversation with #PSAW2015 and #PSAWunited Led by the NPSF (National Patient Safety Foundation), Patient Safety Awareness Week is March 8 – 14. This annual,…

Patient Advocacy February 25, 2015

Continuing to Improve Patient Safety in Hospitals

By Patrick Conway – Recently, a Department of Health and Human Services report showed that an estimated 50,000 fewer patients died in hospitals and approximately $12 billion in health care costs were saved as a result of a reduction in hospital-acquired conditions from 2010 to 2013.

Health Innovation January 12, 2015

Health IT-Related Adverse Events

By Kathy Kenyon, JD – The ONC posted a final summary report on Health Information Technology Adverse Event Reporting: Analysis of Two Databases. Patient safety thrives in health care organizations where reporting of adverse events, including near misses and unsafe conditions, is encouraged.