Becker's Healthcare December 20, 2022
The Becker’s Clinical Leadership & Infection Control editorial team chose the following five patient safety issues for healthcare leaders to prioritize in 2023, presented below in no particular order, based on news, study findings and trends reported in the past year.
1. Rebuilding or strengthening a culture of safety. In 2023, hospitals and health systems will continue the important work of reinvigorating safety efforts and ensuring they have a strong culture of safety to improve metrics surrounding diagnostic errors, patient falls and other adverse outcomes.
Overall, 67 percent of hospital staff members said patient safety in their unit or work area was “excellent” or “very good,” according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Surveys on Patient Safety...