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 [...]

PIPSQC is pleased to share that the World Health Organization (WHO) has recently launched their updated patient safety website, available at the following links:

WHO Programmes - Patient Safety:
http://www.who.int/patientsafety/en/

WHO Health Topics - Patient Safety:
http://www.who.int/topics/patient_safety/en/ [...]

PIPSQC is pleased to share that the meeting materials from the 2nd Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety in Bonn (March 29-30, 2017) have been published online.

Workshop presentations and downloads, including the "Best Practices in Patient Safety" report, are available at:
https://www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de/en/health/patient-safety-summit-2017.html [...]

PIPSQC is pleased to announce the upcoming NPSF Webcast, "Free from Harm: Accelerating Patient Safety Improvement" is set to take place Tuesday, January 26, 2016 (2:00-3:00PM EST).

The speakers will be discussing the recently issued report, "Free from Harm: Accelerating Patient Safety Improvement Fifteen Years After To Err Is Human." [...]

PIPSQC is pleased to announce the upcoming CAPHC Webinar, "Patient Safety after 15 years: Disappointments, Successes, and What's on the Horizon" is set to take place this Wednesday, May 27th, 2015 (11:00am - 12:30pm EST). [...]