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The Patient Safety Authority (PSA) has released its 2019 annual report, offering key insights to inspire change and improve patient safety in...
The Patient Safety Authority (PSA) today announced a contract awarded to MedStar Health Research Institute (MHRI) to identify critical patient safety ...
Once again, Pennsylvania leads the country in recognizing that patient safety saves lives and prevents irreversible harm. On Wednesday, March 20, the ...
The Authority's December 2018 Advisory highlights the risks to patients who undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with implanted devices, such as...
Everyone will experience a delayed or incorrect diagnosis at least once in their lifetime. The causes of which are as varied and complex as their...
The Authority's September 2018 Advisory highlights risks when patients crush or alter their medications, particularly among patients over 65. While...
The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority (the Authority) issued the "Final Recommendations to Ensure Accurate Patient Weights" in licensed acute...
The Patient Safety Authority has released a new Request for Proposals (RFP) to provide publishing services for its quarterly journal. Interested...
The Patient Safety Authority has released a new Request for Proposals (RFP) to provide clinical analysis for its Pennsylvania Patient Safety...
The Authority's June 2018 Advisory highlights a statewide decrease in surgical fire events. However, experts stress that continual prevention efforts ...
The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority welcomes two new members and a new Chair to its Board of Directors. Dr. Stanton Smullens, a board member...
Accurate and timely diagnoses communicated to all patients is the vision of the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority's newly created Center of...
The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority released its 2017 annual report, focusing on Pennsylvania's emergence as a national leader in patient...
The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority's annual "I Am Patient Safety" contest reveals the exemplary patient safety efforts of Pennsylvania...
The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority has developed new resources to encourage awareness and prevention of pressure injuries — a serious patient...
Since 2005, Pennsylvania healthcare facilities have increasingly reported to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority certain patient safety events...
The improper use of antibiotics in long-term care facilities (LTCFs), specifically for the treatment of urinary tract infections (UTIs), can increase ...
Bullying or aggressive behaviors between healthcare providers can seriously impact safe patient care. "Facility-reported events between healthcare...
The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority has refreshed its website (patientsafety.pa.gov). The refreshed site features enhanced navigation and...
In its 2016 annual report, the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority recognizes the patient safety improvements made by Pennsylvania healthcare...
What: The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority Board Meeting to celebrate winners of the Authority's 2017 "I Am Patient Safety" contest. Who:...
Use of health information technology (HIT), such as computerized prescriber order entry systems and pharmacy information systems, can help prevent...
Each year, the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority highlights individuals or teams from Pennsylvania healthcare facilities for exhibiting a...
The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority estimates more than 2,600 lives and more than $147 million dollars were saved from 2004 through 2015 in...
The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority has continued its partnership with the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) in...
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