Becker's Healthcare June 23, 2025
Mackenzie Bean

Health systems are navigating a rapidly evolving healthcare environment where patient safety is shaped by both longstanding challenges and emerging risks.

From the accelerated adoption of artificial intelligence to rising care complexity and capacity constraints, healthcare leaders are reexamining how safety and quality are defined, measured and sustained.

Below are five key patient safety priorities guiding health system strategies in 2025.

Artificial intelligence. AI’s growing role in healthcare is creating both new challenges and opportunities for patient safety. Many systems are using AI to improve early detection of serious conditions. For example, West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health is piloting an AI tool that analyzes operating room footage and wound photos submitted by patients post-discharge to identify early signs of...

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