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Newsletter Archives

Past Issues

June 2019 Patient Safety Beat

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What's inside

  • How Massachusetts can lead the way on patient safety
  • AHRQ's Jeff Brady discusses national effort to boost safety progress
  • Medical errors cause more than physical harm
  • By the numbers: Medical error in Massachusetts
  • Communication is a key to helping patients and families after harm

May 2019 Patient Safety Beat

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What's inside

  • UMass Memorial & union leaders put safety on their shared agenda
  • 5 Qs with Dr. Toomey on the value of clear communication
  • Interactive game brings sepsis training to life
  • IHI shares new tool for end-of-life care conversations

April 2019 Patient Safety Beat

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What's inside

  • New report aims to make MA a leader in sepsis emergency care
  • Health care organizations join Peer Support Program pilot
  • Snapshot: Digital tools help patients prepare for appointments

March 2019 Patient Safety Beat

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What's inside

  • Research on new ways to frame public discourse on safety
  • 5 Qs with Dr. Wharam on safety with high-deductible plans
  • Clinical judgment is top risk for malpractice

February 2019 Patient Safety Beat

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What's inside

  • Learning from misdiagnosis one case at a time
  • 5 Questions with the director of new film: To Err is Human
  • Help your patients (and yourself) fight infection spread

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Featured stories

  • New report supports effort to reinvigorate Patient and Family Advisory Councils in Massachusetts (Feb 2026)
  • 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)
  • New CMS rule incentivizes hospitals to attest to safety measures (Summer 2024)

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