Creating a Culture of Healthcare Worker Safety
A Hazardous Workplace Healthcare workers are at higher risk for workplace injury and illness compared to those working in construction, […]
Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2025
AI Ranked as Top Health Tech Hazard for 2025 AI-enabled health technologies soared from 5th in 2024 to the top of
Medication Errors: Strategies to Identify Causes & Improve Prevention Efforts
Medication error – A leading cause of avoidable harm Unsafe medication practices and medication errors are one of the leading
Insights from a Healthcare Worker Safety Survey
Insightful Survey Findings Our recent survey on workplace safety and health (WSH) in the healthcare sector found: There is heightened
Addressing Challenges in Near Miss Reporting: Key Takeaways from QUASR’s Survey at APHM Conference
Near miss reporting plays a crucial role in ensuring patient safety within healthcare settings. It allows healthcare professionals to identify
Top 5 Patient Engagement Strategies: How to Improve Patient Engagement in Their Own Healthcare
Engaging Patients for Patient Safety The theme for World Patient Safety Day 2023 is a recognition of the crucial roles
Breaking Barriers: Digitally Empowering Medication Error Reporting
Create a no-blame culture and adopt an online system to improve medication error reporting. Reasons for Underreporting of Medication Errors
Preventing Patient Falls: The Critical Role of Incident Reporting
Falls in hospitals and nursing homes Falls are a prevalent safety concern and a leading cause of injuries involving patients
Patient Identification: Strategies and Best Practices
Overview Correctly identifying patients and matching patients to their intended treatment is fundamental to safe care. Patient identification is such
9 Essential Patient Safety Tools For Quality Improvement in Healthcare
Introduction Simple and easy-to-use tools can bring surprising insights and results. Most healthcare professionals, especially safety and quality officers, are
Incident Reporting in Nursing Homes: A Closer Look
The nursing home sector plays a vital role in caring for the aged and some of the most vulnerable groups
Incident Categorization in Healthcare: What You Need to Know
There are different ways to categorize incidents in healthcare settings. Incident categorization can be based on various criteria such as