ALEXANDRIA, Va. A new, complimentary patient-centric safety training course is available from the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation and LearnSomething Inc., a provider of pharmacy, ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Every time you are admitted to a hospital, you place your life in the hands of health care professionals. You trust them to provide the best treatment for you during your stay. You ...

Every time you are admitted to a hospital, you place your life in the hands of health care professionals. You trust them to provide the best treatment for you during your stay. You have no other ...

MONTEVALLO, Ala. — A partnership between University of Montevallo nursing students and the Alabaster Fire and Rescue Department highlighted how critical clear c ...

The new guide for educators will help them teach prospective dentists, doctors, nurses, and other health professionals more effectively about patient safety best practices, WHO officials say. The ...

Get a broad introduction to patient safety and quality improvement work by taking a new set of online courses offered by Johns Hopkins on Coursera. Led by experts from the Armstrong Institute, the ...

The Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine requires its medical students to take a patient safety certification exam. Vanderbilt nurse RaDonda Vaught was chatting with a mentee the day after Christmas ...

All prospective healthcare workers in Qatar will be required to take an online patient safety course in order to be licensed to work in the country, the Supreme Council of Health’s Healthcare Quality ...

Simulation is the imitation or representation of one act or system by another. It has been used for training and systems testing in the aviation, military and nuclear power industry for many years and ...

Clinicians’ increased burdens are making it harder for valid concerns voiced by patients, their families and their caretakers to be acknowledged, raising the risk of missed diagnoses and exacerbated ...

The ECRI Institute named diagnostic errors and improper management of test results in electronic health records (EHRs) as the top patient safety challenge facing healthcare organizations in its ...