Patient safety has suffered in COVID-19, and it must be addressed

Chief Healthcare Executive February 20, 2022
Ron Southwick

The pandemic has wiped out years of progress in improving the safety of patients, federal officials say. More must be done to protect patients and workers, and more federal oversight could be in the mix.

So much for years of progress in improving patient safety.

After years of impressive gains, federal officials say the COVID-19 pandemic swiftly eroded gains in patient safety in healthcare systems. Leaders with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said there are troubling indicators of declines.

In an analysis published Feb. 12 in the New England Journal of Medicine, they outlined a sharp increases in infections. “We have observed substantial deterioration on multiple patient-safety metrics since the...

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