Patient Safety Movement

JULY 25, 2023

Next, he recognized the tragic losses that have occurred to loved ones because of preventable errors. Hospital-acquired infections, misdiagnoses, medication errors—these are process errors and have been significantly reduced by some healthcare systems. So the goals of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation must be implemented.

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APRIL 1, 2023

Save the Date: June 1-2, 2023 10th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit The 10-year anniversary marks professionals like you making a significant difference in eliminating preventable medical errors. Please visit psmf.org for more details. Yours, Michael A.E.

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JUNE 28, 2023

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Commonwealth Fund, the United States has the highest maternal death rate of any developed nation, and Black women are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than White women.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2022

However, as the report explains, some experts are concerned that widespread genetic testing may also identify mutations whose impact is unclear, creating anxiety and leading to further testing and to treatment of questionable value—putting patients at higher risk of harm from medical errors needlessly.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

In medicine, thousands of patients sustain preventable harm, and yet we do not know the actual number, as very little is reported. If this data were made available, with the aid of AI technology reviewing medical records, would we have the same response as in the airline industry to prevent the same errors from occurring again and again?

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