Two prominent advocates of improving patient safety, the National Patient Safety Foundation and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, will join forces and become one organization as of May 1 ...

3. National Patient Safety Foundation’s advisory board recently released a Call to Action which referred to healthcare harm as a public health crisis. The foundation is seeking a national coordinated ...

The National Patient Safety Foundation issued its updated edition of the NPSF Online Patient Safety Curriculum. 1. Founded in 1997, NPSF is a nonprofit organization focusing on patient safety. 2. The ...

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Feinstein said her foundation is using its endowment — created with proceeds from the sale of a tax-exempt hospital — to fund the patient safety board campaign, among other initiatives.

Lucian Leape, MD, considered by many to be the father of the patient safety movement, died Monday in Lexington, Massachusetts ...

Patient safety likely remains the nation's third leading cause of death and addressing it needs to be a key national priority, a presidential panel said this week. The panel released a report ...

The National Patient Safety Foundation will host a "Patient Safety in All Settings" Twitter chat on Tuesday, March 15 at 2 p.m. EST to address concerns about safety across the care continuum.