Patient Safety Blog: Creating a Foundation for Safe and Reliable Care

Blog Article: James Titcombe: Speaking up for Patient Safety across the United Kingdom

February 27, 2020

By Olivia Lounsbury, Clinical Intern, Patient Safety Movement Foundation Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States (Makary and Daniel, 2016).  Putting patients first — listening to [...]

Blog Article: Peer Support and the Second Victim

February 20, 2020

By: Matt Norvell, Pediatric Chaplain, Johns Hopkins and Albert W. Wu, Director, Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research, Johns Hopkins “I was trying to help….” “Am I going to be fired? [...]

Spotlight On: PSMF Hospital Mentor Program

May 1, 2019

The Patient Safety Movement Foundation officially launched its new Hospital Mentor Program at the 7th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit in January when 14 doctors from the [...]

Another Look at the Terms “Second Victim” & “Third Victim”

May 1, 2019

Authors: Melissa D Clarkson, assistant professor, Division of Biomedical Informatics, University of Kentucky and Helen Haskell, President, Mothers Against Medical Error The term “second victim” is frequently used to describe healthcare professionals [...]

How to create change when you are not in a position of leadership

August 22, 2018

Since the Institute of Medicine’s 1999 report, To Err Is Human, both the public and healthcare professionals have focused on patient safety. But the question that consistently comes up is [...]

Spotlight on Tim McDonald, MD, JD, MedStar Health

July 1, 2017

Early on in his career, Dr. Tim McDonald, MD, JD, realized the healthcare system’s approach to handling patient harm, events, and mistakes was all wrong. Barriers within the health and [...]