Reducing medical errors: Federal report outlines ways to improve patient safety

Chief Healthcare Executive December 25, 2021
Ron Southwick

Healthcare organizations must make learning new methods to improve safety a constant process. Staff, patients and families should offer input.

As healthcare organizations strive to improve patient care, experts say it’s critical to reduce medical errors.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently published a report on reducing medical errors. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the federal agency charged with improving safety in medical care, contributed to the report. The report was required by the Patient Safety Act of 2005.

The report outlines a host of factors healthcare organizations need to consider. Here’s a rundown of some of the key findings.

Analytic approaches

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