Patient Safety News Articles

PDC would like to share the following patient safety news and views resources. We hope that healthcare administrators, caregivers, executives, as well as patients and their families continue to work mutually in this endeavor. Together, we can make a difference. For questions or input on how PDC can better serve you, please call 800.772.1122.

Featured Patient Safety News Story:

CBS Evening News
March 17, 2008
Making Hospitals Pay For Own Mistakes

Patient Safety News and Views:

West Virginia Record
May 30, 2008
Woman says CAMC Fired Her Because She Spoke Up About Patient Safety

American Medical Association News
May 5, 2008
AMA Urges More Safeguards in Federal Patient Safety Rules

Denver Business Journal
April 2, 2008
Anthem Launches Program to Curtail Medical Errors
Denver Business Journal

Forbes
March 28, 2008
New York to Develop Unified Medical Records
Associated Press

Nurse.com
March 10, 2008
'Just Culture' System for Nurses Takes Focus of Medical Errors from Penalties to Solutions
Lorraine Steefel, RN, MSN, CTN

Los Angeles Times
January 28, 2008
It's Never Just One Thing That Leads to Serious Error
Susan Brink

Los Angeles Times
January 28, 2008
Patient Protect Thyself
Jan Greene

The New England Journal of Medicine
May 25, 2006
Making Patient Safety the Centerpiece of Medical Liability Reform
By Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama

Washington Post
July 21, 2006
Medication Errors Harming Millions, Report Says
Marc Kaufman

Seattle Post Intelligencer
May 26, 2005
Hospitals Make Efforts to Improve Patient Safety
Angela Galloway

Six Sigma Healthcare - 2004
Strategies for Improving Patient Safety in the Hospital
By Carolyn Pexton

Health Affairs # 23 - No 2 - 2004
What is Driving Hospitals Patient Safety Efforts
Kelly J. Devers, Hoangmai H. Pham and Gigi Liu

The New York Times - June 18, 2002
Oops, Wrong Patient: Journal Takes On Medical Mistakes
By Denise Grady

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