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Past Issues

May 26, 2021: Patient Safety Beat

May 26, 2021: Patient Safety Beat

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What's inside

  • Facilities assess visitation policies as COVID-19 restrictions ease
  • Difficult events impact all staff, but support from peers can help
  • What we're tweeting
April 22, 2021: Patient Safety Beat

April 22, 2021: Patient Safety Beat

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What's inside

  • Risky Business forum probes learnings from the pandemic, ways forward
March 18, 2021: Patient Safety Beat

March 18, 2021: Patient Safety Beat

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  • Pandemic prolongs ED stays for young behavioral health patients
  • Dr. Peter Laussen on next month's "Risky Business" forum
  • CRICO PSO offers practical guide for safety and equity in virtual care
  • Racial and ethnic disparities lead ECRI’s top-10 list for 2021
February 24, 2021: Patient Safety Beat

February 24, 2021: Patient Safety Beat

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  • MA effort to improve maternal care seeks hospital data
  • Support group for nurses caring for COVID patients starting March
  • What we're tweeting
January 27, 2021: Patient Safety Beat

January 27, 2021: Patient Safety Beat

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  • New research highlights home care workers’ views on safer care
  • COVID innovations become permanent fixtures
  • Volunteers support patients and families after adverse events

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