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ECRI and ISMP celebrated World Patient Safety Day 2024 by promoting diagnostic safety and participating in advocacy events.

Challenges transitioning new clinicians from academic training to professional practice tops ECRI’s 2024 list of 10 patient safety concerns.

The new TRIMEDX Executive Overview provides clinical and operational leaders quick insights into patient safety.

ECRI and ISMP celebrated World Patient Safety Day 2024 by promoting diagnostic safety and participating in advocacy events.

Dec 6, 2022

A patient using a defibrillator died at a southern-based medical center after the device erupted in fire and burned his body.

Nov 28, 2022

Baxter Hillrom is recalling its incontinence management system following reports that its radio frequency emissions interferes with devices.

Oct 26, 2022

Reducing diagnostic errors (such as missed, delayed or wrong diagnoses) is a major challenge for...

Oct 20, 2022

The ISMP awarded the 2023 Judy Smetzer Just Culture Champion Scholarships to three healthcare practitioners who are emerging safety leaders.

Oct 7, 2022

LivaNova is recalling the LifeSPARC Controller, part of the LifeSPARC circulatory support system, due to a software malfunction.

Sep 28, 2022

Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center has earned national recognition as a top performer for excellence in high-quality care by Vizient.

A paramedic for the Honolulu EMS was critically injured when the ambulance he was working in exploded, leaving one other person dead.