Patient Safety Movement

JUNE 1, 2023

“Failures to develop world-class infection control facilities put both health workers and patients at risk, but there was also the issue of transitions of care, which greatly affected elderly patients and led to the virus spreading through nursing homes. That should have been part of our thinking from a patient safety perspective.”

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Patient Safety Movement

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Thanks to Elijeko Foundation, lives are being saved in Ghana through preventive health education and free healthcare screenings. Andrews Kwabena Nyantakyi, a US Navy veteran and registered nurse, founded Elijeko Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, in 2016. We are doing this—and healthcare is better because of it. We can do this.

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Patient Safety Movement

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The APSF president, Daniel Cole, MD, chose to focus this year on “Emerging Medical Technologies—A Patient Safety Perspective on Wearables, Big Data and Remote Care.” On September 11, the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) had its virtual meeting where it reviewed quality and safety of healthcare.

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