After Washington, D.C.-based Children’s National Health System was challenged to increase its voluntary safety event reports submitted over a three-year period, a quality initiative at the pediatric ...

A recent Office of Inspector General (OIG) study revealed a startling statistic: U.S. hospitals are missing approximately half of all patient harm events. While this figure undoubtedly represents a ...

A hospital’s patient safety initiatives are only as effective as the tools used to track and analyze incidents. Despite significant progress over the past two decades following the 2005 Patient Safety ...

The Safety Event Reporting System (SERS) is an online reporting system for incident reporting. The neonatal intensive care unit at Children's Hospital Boston uses the reports from these events, along ...

Harm and the potential for harm from medical care is pervasive and well-documented. Much of the safety literature has historically focused on physical harm, but the Agency for Healthcare Research and ...

The National Quality Forum is aiming to modernize and standardize serious adverse event reporting via a new patient safety effort. Through the “Focus on HARM” initiative, NQF will update the criteria ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, and Washington, DC, Jan. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Joint Commission and the National ...

Continued Partnership Enhances Real-Time Communication and Public Safety at One of the World’s Largest Music Events ...