PIPSQC is pleased to share that the Fifth Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety will be hosted in Switzerland on 27-28 February 2020, with the slogan "Less Harm Better care - from Resolution to Implementation" as the central theme. [...]

In May 2019, the 72nd World Health Assembly endorsed the establishment of World Patient Safety Day to be observed annually on 17 September. The objective of World Patient Safety Day is to raise global awareness about patient safety and encourage global solidarity and action. [...] 

PIPSQC is pleased to share the recent publication by the WHO, entitled "Improving the quality of health services: tools and resources." [...] 

PIPSQC is pleased to share the recent publication in Pennsylvania Patient Safety Advisory, entitled "Exploring Vulnerability to Patient Safety Events along the Age Continuum." This article analyzed 2017 data submitted to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority to document age-related patterns of patient harm in Pennsylvania hospitals. Of particular note, the highest total event rate per admission was found in the 5- to 14-year cohort (511.12 events per 1,000 admissions) with much lower rates in other cohorts. [...]
 

PIPSQC is pleased to share the recent special issue of Health Affairs, entitled "Patient Safety." This issue contains a comprehensive look at the latest research on the topic of patient safety. Almost 20 years after the publication of the Institute of Medicine's landmark study, "To Err Is Human," Health Affairs authors examine what progress has been made in the intervening years. [...]
 

PIPSQC is pleased to share the recent publication by The Lancet Global Health Commission on High-Quality Health Systems in the SDG Era (HQSS Commission) entitled "High-quality health systems in the Sustainable Development Goals era: time for a revolution." The article presents the findings of the Commission's analysis on the quality of care available to people in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) across health needs included in the SDGs. [...]

PIPSQC is pleased to share the new report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, "Crossing the Global Quality Chasm: Improving Health Care Worldwide." [...]

PIPSQC is pleased to share the latest AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions - which shows continued progress in improving patient safety, a sign that initiatives led by CMS are helping to make care safer. [...]

PIPSQC is pleased to share that the recent McMaster Children's Hospital Pediatric Grand Rounds Presentation by Hooker Distinguished Visiting Professor, Dr. Peter Lachman (CEO of ISQua and PIPSQC Chair), is now available online:

- 'Developing a safety and quality movement for the future - from theory to action' (June 7, 2018) - Slide Presentation
- 'Developing a safety and quality movement for the future - from theory to action' (June 7, 2018) - Video Recording [...]

PIPSQC is pleased to share that the meeting materials from the Third Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety in Tokyo (April 13-14, 2018) have been published online.

Summit presentations and proceedings are available for download at:
http://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/seisakunitsuite/bunya/0000204000.html [...]