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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

This week, March 8-14, is Patient Safety Awareness Week. Delivering safe, quality care to all patients is the top priority ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Digitization" for enhanced patient safety In dentistry and on dentistry courses, conventional dental impressions using an impression tray are already being increasingly replaced by digital techniques ...

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 ...