Who is responsible for patient safety in your organization? The obvious answer may be the chief patient safety officer or the director of quality and safety. But that’s only partly right.

Patient safety has grown to become a distinct discipline involving practitioners from diverse areas of the health care spectrum who work under engaged and involved leaders. It involves representatives of nursing, medicine, environmental services, pharmacy, and other areas, none more important than the leadership team. Last January, the National Patient Safety Foundation established the American Society of Professionals in Patient Safety (ASPPS) as a multidisciplinary community of individuals committed to advancing patient safety best practices. Read More→

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Research study to focus on handoffs of care in the ICU.

“Handoff” is not the friendliest word, yet in healthcare, it has come to define the delicate transfer of information when a patient is discharged from one care setting to another, or when staff members change shifts.  Much has been written about the safety gaps that can occur during these transitions, but this topic is still ripe for research—as Emily Patterson, PhD, well knows.

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