Safe Practice Recommendations: First introduced in 2003, The Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) #1 aims to improve the accuracy of patient identification. Today, the goal ...

Many hospitals and health systems need a culture shift to improve patient safety. In particular, we must move away from the ...

[2] The paper addresses three specific questions: (1) What are hospitals' major patient-safety initiatives now, and how far along are hospitals in implementing them? (2) What facilitates and ...