Patient Safety Awareness Week: Strengthening Systems, Supporting Safer Care
Patient Safety Awareness Week is a timely reminder that safe care results from intentional leadership, strong systems, and a culture committed to continuous improvement. In post-acute and long-term care settings, patient safety touches every aspect of operations: infection prevention, fall reduction, medication management, accurate documentation, emergency preparedness, staffing stability, and regulatory compliance. Each process, policy,...
Patient Safety Awareness Week: Highlighting Care & Harm Prevention
Preventing harm in health care settings is a public health concern. We all have a role to play in advancing safe health care, as everyone interacts with the health care system at some point in life.The Facts:The World Health Organization estimates that 134 million adverse events occur each year due to unsafe care in hospitals...
Observing Patient Safety Awareness Week 2022
Celebrate Patient Safety Awareness Week on March 13-19! This annual recognition encourages everyone to learn more about health care safety. During this week, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) seeks to advance important discussions locally and globally as well as inspire action to improve the safety of the health care system for patients and the...
Celebrate Patient Safety Awareness Week
Celebrate Patient Safety Awareness Week on March 8-14. This event is an annual recognition that encourages everyone to learn more about health care safety. During this week, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) seeks to advance important discussions locally and globally, and inspire action to improve the safety of the health care system — for...