4 Steps Needed to Improve Patient Safety On a National Level, Per PCAST

MedCity News September 7, 2023
Katie Adams

The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) issued a report that laid out four recommendations to improve patient safety across the nation. Some of these included creating federal leadership positions focused on advancing patient safety and hastening research on systems of safe care.

The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) issued a report on Thursday that laid out recommendations to improve patient safety across the nation. Some of these included creating federal leadership positions focused on advancing patient safety and hastening research on systems of safe care.

The report asserted that patient safety is an “urgent national public health issue.” It cited data showing that one in four Medicare patients experience adverse events during...

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