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SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

We are also dedicating time to create awareness of how prolific medical errors are in every city around the world. I believe many clinicians don’t even know the exact number of preventable harm and death in their own hospitals due to a lack of transparency. We need to create a healthcare system that supports that oath.

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

NATIONAL DIABETES AWARENESS MONTH Like many other health concerns that were overshadowed these past two-plus years, diabetes is still growing at an epidemic rate in the US, affecting more than 37 million adults and children nationwide. These include kidney disease, vision loss, heart disease, foot problems, and stroke.

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APRIL 1, 2023

Save the Date: June 1-2, 2023 10th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit The 10-year anniversary marks professionals like you making a significant difference in eliminating preventable medical errors. Please visit psmf.org for more details. suffer from a wrong-site surgery each week.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2022

These efforts are intended to complement previous investments in services to prevent unnecessary nursing home admissions and help nursing home residents transition back home when possible. His team worked with patient safety experts from around the world to create Actionable Evidence-Based Practices (AEBP) that address the top challenges.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

26, 2024—The Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF) convened its annual Mid-Year Event to discuss safety challenges in the healthcare system that result in millions of preventable deaths around the world. The mid-year meeting this year looked at solutions that will help us reach zero preventable harm faster. Momentum is everything.

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OCTOBER 1, 2022

Each year, WHO highlights a theme to bring awareness to a specific area where urgent action is necessary to reduce preventable harm. This year’s theme is Medication Safety to underscore the need to implement measures that promote safe medication distribution to prevent medication errors and medication-related harm.

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AUGUST 29, 2023

Peter Pronovost urged that people stop believing that harm in healthcare is inevitable and start believing that it is entirely preventable. I hear these stories all too often and know all too well the crushing effects of medical harm. I have met many patients and families who wear the scars—literally and figuratively—of medical harm.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

More than 40 percent of these events are due to preventable errors. The PCAST report also draws attention to the fact that medical errors and patient injuries persist at alarmingly high rates despite ongoing efforts to improve quality care on the part of practitioners and their organizations. In Health, Michael A.E.

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DECEMBER 18, 2023

Your donations, large and small, are vital to enabling us to bring family stories of preventable medical harm to the website and to inform politicians who can pass legislation that makes healthcare safer through preventive measures. We feel an immense sense of gratitude for you. million new HIV infections in 2022.

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MARCH 1, 2023

This week emphasizes the vision of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation “Zero Preventable Patient Harm by 2030.” February is National Cancer Prevention Month and President Biden has this month reignited the “Cancer Moonshot.” The AEBP is available without charge to hospitals online.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2023

We at the Patient Safety Movement Foundation are known for our recognition of loved ones who have lost someone from preventable harm in healthcare. However, we also very strongly support the heroic efforts of our healthcare workers as we seek solutions to the system faults that lead to preventable errors occurring. For example, H.R.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

In medicine, thousands of patients sustain preventable harm, and yet we do not know the actual number, as very little is reported. If this data were made available, with the aid of AI technology reviewing medical records, would we have the same response as in the airline industry to prevent the same errors from occurring again and again?

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