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Newsletter, April 2023

Patient Safety Movement

We in the medical profession must be sure that this organ donor does not sustain any preventable harm by ensuring that all healthcare safety measures are adhered to. Many have reported significantly less preventable patient harm in their healthcare system. Medical technology companies are developing new devices to assist us.

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Newsletter, November 2022

Patient Safety Movement

NATIONAL DIABETES AWARENESS MONTH Like many other health concerns that were overshadowed these past two-plus years, diabetes is still growing at an epidemic rate in the US, affecting more than 37 million adults and children nationwide. It considers patient safety integral to all these priorities.

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Newsletter, June 2023

Patient Safety Movement

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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Newsletter, September 2023

Patient Safety Movement

More than 40 percent of these events are due to preventable errors. The PCAST report also draws attention to the fact that medical errors and patient injuries persist at alarmingly high rates despite ongoing efforts to improve quality care on the part of practitioners and their organizations. In Health, Michael A.E.

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Newsletter, December 2023

Patient Safety Movement

Your donations, large and small, are vital to enabling us to bring family stories of preventable medical harm to the website and to inform politicians who can pass legislation that makes healthcare safer through preventive measures. We feel an immense sense of gratitude for you. million new HIV infections in 2022.

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Newsletter, January 2024

Patient Safety Movement

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?