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Newsletter Archives

Past Issues

Summer 2017 Patient Safety Beat

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What's inside

  • For medical graduates, the real safety training starts now
  • In their own words: young doctors discuss patient safety
  • Five Questions with Suzanne Swedeen, RN, MSN
  • Preventing pulmonary infections in children
  • Reducing C. difficile through diligent room cleaning
  • There’s a lot to be said for simplicity in reporting errors

June 2017 Patient Safety Beat

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What's inside

  • When health professionals work as a team, patients reap the safety benefits
  • Five Questions with Dr. Tejal Gandhi
  • South Shore Health System puts an accent on safety
  • Handle EHRs with care
  • Improperly sterilized equipment is ‘a growing problem’

May 2017 Patient Safety Beat

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What's inside

  • Surgical burns remain a key safety concern
  • Helping patients after hospital discharge
  • At Beth Israel, spreading the message of safety one poster at a time
  • Smartphone app helps residents navigate high-risk situations
  • Too many alarms are not just irritating — they’re dangerous
  • A breakdown of the latest select hospital safety grades
  • New prescriptions for reducing medication errors - both human and mechanical

April 2017 Patient Safety Beat

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What's inside

  • Spotting and stopping mistakes before they can do harm
  • Five Questions with Allen Kachalia, MD, JD
  • Voices from the 2017 Patient Safety Forum
  • Breathing easier after resolving an intubation staffing issue
  • The impact of the Center's cataract surgery expert panel
  • Medical staff burnout
  • Is this new drug safe for your patient?

March 2017 Patient Safety Beat

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What's inside

  • Transforming medical culture one student at a time
  • All safety is personal
  • The surprisingly short journey from Potato Heads to patient safety
  • Five Questions with Eric Dickson, M.D.
  • Building safer care into patients’ phones
  • What should medical students know about patient safety?

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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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