1. Background and Purpose The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Making Healthcare Safer (MHS) reports consolidate information for healthcare providers …

World Patient Safety Day (WPSD) 2023 will be observed on 17 September with the theme
“Engaging patients for patient safety” and the slogan “Elevate the voice of patients!” 1 This …

Patient engagement'in health care is defined as" the facilitation and strengthening of the role
of those using services as co-producers of health, and health care policy and practice”–that …

Patient-centeredness is now widely recognized as a central aspect of health care, including
hospital care. Each patient has unique needs that should be addressed by each hospital in …

Implementation of effective procedures can be thought of as bridge building. This bridge
spans the gap between research and practice. The bottom line for the implementation bridge …

From 2014 to 2018, the Canadian Patient Safety Institute brought together key partners and
established the National Patient Safety Consortium to drive a shared action plan for safer …

Patient safety has been at the forefront of recent domestic and international policy initiatives.
The release of the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) 2000 report To Err Is Human solidified the …

Engaging with patients and families in their care has long been advanced as a foundational
strategy for achieving patient safety. One essential component of engagement is a better …

In 2009, the National Patient Safety Foundation's Lucian Leape Institute (LLI) published a
paper identifying five areas of healthcare that require system-level attention and action to …

Recently, the National Patient Safety Foundation's Lucian Leape Institute brought together
40 patient safety experts—health professionals, patients, advocates, and others—to develop …