Patient Safety Blog

Lessons from the Anesthesiology Department Can Improve Patient Safety

June 6, 2021 | 3 minute read

I am an anesthesiologist by training, and have just retired as chairman of a very busy anesthesia department in Dallas, Texas. I trained in London in the late 1960s. Back [...]

Thinking Globally to End the COVID-19 Pandemic

May 3, 2021 | 3 minute read

By: Dr. Michael Ramsay, Chairman of the Board, Patient Safety Movement Foundation

In the United States, many areas have returned to a “new normal,” as the COVID-19 pandemic has come under control.   What have we learned and where did we fail? The successes included [...]

Letter from the Chairman, April 2021

April 1, 2021 | 4 minute read

By: Dr. Michael Ramsay, Chairman of the Board, Patient Safety Movement Foundation

Dear Readers, On July 29th, 2005, United States President George W. Bush signed the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act (PSQIA) of 2005 into law. This act authorized the creation of [...]

Letter from the Chairman, March 2021

March 4, 2021 | 2 minute read

By: Dr. Michael Ramsay, Chairman of the Board, Patient Safety Movement Foundation

Dear Readers, The nation reached a grim milestone in late February, when total COVID-19 deaths in the United States reached 500,000. While this number is only an estimate, it demonstrates that [...]

President Biden’s Take and Action Plan on COVID-19

February 3, 2021 | 3 minute read

Letter from the Chairman, February 2021 Dear Readers, Since inauguration, President Biden made the COVID-19 pandemic his top priority. His goal was to unify the country and get COVID-19 under control. He [...]

Artículo de Blog: Consentimiento Informado

January 29, 2021 | 10 minute read

By: Olivia Lounsbury, Clinical Research Coordinator and Brittney Cini, Confirmed Consent

Los médicos a menudo tienen prioridades en el entorno clínico que reducen el tiempo para un diálogo a fondo con los pacientes. Esta conversación generalmente contiene información sobre procedimientos o [...]

Blog Article: How to Improve and Maximize the Potential of Electronic Health Records

January 28, 2021 | 7 minute read

By: Susan E. Lyon, Patient Advocate

Every single time you borrow money—from student loans to credit cards or home mortgages and car loans—it all goes into several databases, all run by for-profit businesses who happily compile [...]

Blog Article: Connecting with Patients

January 18, 2021 | 5 minute read

By: David Mayer, MD, CEO Patient Safety Movement Foundation, Executive Director MedStar Institute for Quality and Safety

Engaging with patients is a time-honored tradition in medicine, and by no means a new concept. A great physician-patient relationship is something that every patient would love to have. Back [...]

Blog Article: Informed Consent

January 15, 2021 | 10 minute read

By: Olivia Lounsbury, Clinical Research Coordinator

Clinicians often have competing priorities in the clinical setting which hinder their ability to provide time for thorough dialogue with patients. Often, this dialogue contains information about procedures or processes [...]

Letter from the Chairman, January 2021

January 7, 2021

Dear Readers, 2020 has been a very difficult year for everyone. The COVID-19 virus turned out to be much more contagious than any of us had imagined. Now, nine months later, [...]