This new monthly newsletter gives readers how to information on analyzing and preventing errors. Cover stories address timely and significant issues related to safety and prevention of adverse events. Standards Link demonstrates how standards can be used to enhance systems to prevent errors. Root Cause Analysis provides advice on conducting effective root cause analyses. Guest Commentaries provide an external perspective on safety and error prevention.
Conference Reports highlight key messages from national conferences.
Risk Management and Performance Improvement features identify risk management and performance improvement issues related to accreditation and safety and explore these and other issues from both perspectives. Case Studies feature an organization s experience responding to an adverse event, conducting a root cause analysis and implementing process revisions, or taking steps to prevent an adverse event. Focus on Five features assorted lists of safety related topics, such as medication use, falls, and suicide prevention.