Further, in 2021, the WHO set out a Global Patient Safety Action Plan (GPSAP) which outlines steps to improve healthcare safety globally. Earlier this year, the WHO released its inaugural global ...

In 2025, the top threats to patient safety reflect a mix of long-standing challenges and emerging risks, according to a new report from ECRI and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices. Long ...

Give prominence to diagnostic safety in patient safety policy and clinical practice at all levels of health care, aligned with the Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021–2030. 3.

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) pose a persistent and tremendous threat to patient safety, having claimed 72,000 patients during their hospitalization, according to the Centers for Disease ...

WASHINGTON, June 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) proudly hosted a Capitol Hill briefing, highlighting the critical need to update anesthesia ...

Patients’ lives are being put at risk by poor communication from healthcare professionals in hospitals worldwide, according to new research my colleagues and I conducted. Our analysis included ...

DETROIT, MI -- Three Detroit-area hospitals were among the lowest 1% of U.S hospitals in patient safety this spring. Detroit Medical Center’s Detroit Receiving and Sinai-Grace hospitals each ...

Patient safety and the overall quality of care continue to pose challenges in the VA’s vast health care system, the report said. The agency operates 170 hospitals and 1,193 outpatient clinics.