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Newsletter Archives

Past Issues

February 2020 Patient Safety Beat

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February 2020 Patient Safety Beat

  • Collaborate and use all available data to improve patient safety
  • Writing on adverse event, doctor heals himself and helps others
  • New pediatric sepsis guidance backed by top pediatric and critical care organizations
  • New national analysis of safety events available from AHRQ

January 2020 Patient Safety Beat

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What's inside

  • Medical interpretation is key to safety for 100,000+ across the state
  • 'Coproduction,’ a new way of looking at health care
  • Roles shift as patients and providers 'coproduce' care
  • A guide to engaging the public in programs and policy

December 2019 Patient Safety Beat

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What's inside

  • Dr. Jacobson on a systems approach to safety at Dana-Farber
  • How Massachusetts can lead the way on patient safety
  • Unique, media-rich toolkit appeals to a wide range of learners
  • For this young filmmaker, patient safety runs in the family
  • Labor and management work together on safety
  • Sepsis survivors share what they have learned

November 2019 Patient Safety Beat

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What's inside

  • National report focuses renewed attention on clinician ‘burnout’
  • MA Safety and Quality Consortium is growing, making headway
  • Modern Healthcare series features Center’s work in its patient safety edition
  • CDC offers new tool for visualizing data on antibiotic use and HAIs

October 2019 Patient Safety Beat

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What's inside

  • Moving patients doesn’t have to be hazardous to staff health
  • Flu season is imminent, and many facilities struggle to meet staff vaccination goals
  • Massachusetts Sepsis Consortium launches ‘Sepsis Smart’ public awareness campaign
  • Some high-tech problems demand low-tech solutions

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Featured stories

  • Cost of harm in MA hospitals pegged at $2.14 billion annually (May 2025)
  • Q&A with Bryan Sexton on "bite-sized" well-being interventions (Mar 2025)
  • Annual report focuses on investments in safety (Feb 2025)
  • New CMS rule incentivizes hospitals to attest to safety measures (Summer 2024)

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