Starting July 1, 2023, The Joint Commission (TJC) will set health equity as a National Patient Safety Goal for certain TJC-accredited organizations... Starting July 1, 2023, ...

Patient safety and the overall quality of care continue to pose challenges in the VA’s vast health care system, the report said. The agency operates 170 hospitals and 1,193 outpatient clinics.

VA’s deployment of its new multi-billion dollar EHR system has been beset by performance and technical glitches, patient safety concerns and cost overruns since its inaugural rollout at the Mann ...

Members of National Nurses United, which represents more than 12,000 VA nurses, rallied at the Brooklyn VA Medical Center Wednesday in New York and planned protests Thursday at the Atlanta; Albany ...

Patient safety likely remains the nation's third leading cause of death and addressing it needs to be a key national priority, a presidential panel said this week. The panel released a report ...

An inspection report released Thursday by the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General found instances of ...

In 2014, alarm management became a National Patient Safety Goal. Each year since, it has continued to be a National Patient Safety Goal because there continues to be sentinel events related to ...