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Patient safety is a discipline that emphasizes safety in health care through the prevention, reduction, reporting and analysis of error and other types...

The International Patient Safety Goals (IPSG) were developed in 2006 by the Joint Commission International (JCI). The goals were adapted from the JCAHO's...

A patient safety organization (PSO) is a group, institution, or association that improves medical care by reducing medical errors. Common functions of...

The National Patient Safety Goals is a quality and patient safety improvement program established by the Joint Commission in 2003. The NPSGs were established...

the Oregon Association of Hospitals & Health Systems, Oregon Patient Safety Commission, and Washington State Hospital Association formed a taskforce...

Patient Safety Goals". The Joint Commission. "AHRQ Patient Safety Network". Psnet.ahrq.gov. Retrieved October 17, 2011. "About JCI". Joint Commission...

The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) was a special health authority of the National Health Service (NHS) in England. It was established in 2001 to...

The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority is an independent state agency located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Its mission is to improve...

Patient transport is a service that transfers patients to and from medical facilities in non-emergency situations. In emergency situations, patients are...

The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (PSQIA): Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 109–41 (text) (PDF), 42 U.S.C. ch. 6A subch....

October 2013. The Joint Commission (July 2007). "The Joint Commission 2008 National Patient Safety Goals". Joint Commission Perspectives. 27 (7): 19...

Martha's Rule is a patient safety initiative being implemented in English NHS hospitals from April 2024. It gives patients, families, carers and staff...

Family Welfare (MOHFW), India's National Human Rights Commission drafted a Charter of Patients' Rights in 2018. Following a recommendation by the National...

as misinformation and a risk to health and safety by the New South Wales Health Care Complaints Commission. She does not have any recognised qualifications...

Organization (WHO) published the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist in 2008 in order to increase the safety of patients undergoing surgery. The checklist serves...

especially to reduce the number of patient falls that may lead to sentinel events. "The HPI SEC & SSER patient safety measurement guide". info.pressganey...

Patient advocacy is a process in health care concerned with advocacy for patients, survivors, and caregivers. The patient advocate may be an individual...

injury Patient safety – Prevention, reduction, reporting, and analysis of medical error Sports injury – Physical and emotional trauma safety Electrical...

Individual Case Safety Report is an adverse event report for an individual patient. Life-threatening refers to an adverse event that places a patient at the immediate...

October 2023. It investigates patient safety concerns across the NHS in England and in independent healthcare settings where safety learning could also help...