Thank you for completing the National Patient Safety Foundation course activity entitled Reducing Diagnostic Errors. We hope you enjoyed the excellent educational offering. Now, you deserve credit! Please claim your Continuing Education (CE/CME) hours by completing the following process. Please direct your browser to www.inquisit.org/survey. You will be prompted to enter an access code. •  [...]

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Download the Universal Patient Compact [PDF format] | Visit the Survey page. Frequently Asked Questions The Universal Patient Compact™ is a statement of principles established by NPSF that define the elements of true and effective partnering between patients and providers. It helps health care organizations by providing a framework to shape an organization’s efforts toward [...]

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James S. Todd Memorial Award for Patient Safety Research Assessing Hospitals’ Use of Mandatory Error Reports for Quality Improvement and Error Reduction Joel C. Cantor, ScD, CSHP, Kimberley S. Fox, MPA; Denise A. Davis, Dr.PH, MPA; Cara L. Cuite, MA; David M. Frankford, JD; Albert L. Siu, MD, MSPH; and, Andrea I. Kabcenell, RN, MPH [...]

James S. Todd Memorial Award for Patient Safety Research Improving Patient Safety in Cardiac Surgery via Prospective Use of the Cumulative Sum (CUSUM) Failure Method Investigators: Richard J. Novick, MD (PI), Douglas Bloyd, MD, John Lee, MD, Mckenzie Quantz, MD Using a statistical methodology known as CUSUM, this two-year study analyzed the learning curves of [...]

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