That’s the rationale behind calls to create a “National Patient Safety Board,” an independent federal agency that would be loosely modeled after the National Transportation Safety Board ...

But patient safety experts aren’t declaring victory just yet. Using data from the Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System, study authors at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality ...

World Patient Safety Day is observed on September 17. This year, the theme was "Improving diagnosis for patient safety," shedding light on the prevalence and impact of diagnostic errors in healthcare.