HealthLeaders Media January 8, 2020
Ongoing trends are likely to loom large in the realm of patient safety this year.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– Both patients and healthcare organizations are focusing more on patient advocacy.
– Healthcare organizations need to step up efforts to retain staff members, a Joint Commission executive says.
– Pursuing high reliability improves patient safety and reduces wasteful practices at healthcare organizations.
A patient safety expert at The Joint Commission says four ongoing trends will dominate the patient safety landscape in 2020.
Patient safety has been a pressing issue in healthcare since 1999, with the publication of the landmark report To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System. Despite two decades of attention, estimates of annual patient deaths due to medical...
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