ASHRM Celebrates National Patient Safety Awareness Week, March 8-14
The American Society for Health Care Risk Management recognizes National Patient Safety Awareness Week and the role in which patient safety professionals contribute to ASHRM’s mission of advancing patient safety, reducing uncertainty and maximizing value.
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Celebrate with Themed Gifts
Patient Safety Awareness Week gifts are an easy way to celebrate with your team and raise awareness of patient safety in health care. These new gifts are now available to order.
NEW CMS Patient Safety Structural Measure (PSSM) Toolkit
Navigating the CMS Patient Safety Structural Measure can be complex. This comprehensive, operations-focused toolkit helps hospitals translate PSSM requirements into practical actions that strengthen governance, leadership engagement, and patient safety culture.
Inside, you will find practical tools, guidance across the five PSSM domains, risk considerations, and implementation resources to support strategic planning, compliance readiness, and cross-functional collaboration.
Journal of Health Care Risk Management
Patient Safety Week Virtual Issue
The Journal of Health Care Risk Management presents its Patient Safety Week Virtual Issue, highlighting critical research and insights that drive a culture of safety in health care. This special issue explores key factors influencing patient safety, from leadership behaviors that foster a strong safety culture to the impact of hospital mergers and acquisitions on risk management. Together, these studies provide valuable perspectives on enhancing patient safety and reducing risk across health care settings.
Featured articles include:
- Uncovering safety risks across multispecialty: A Human Factor Analysis and Classification System (HFACS) based observational study in cardiovascular, orthopedic, trauma care, and neurosurgical environments
- Translation of the agency for health care research and quality nursing home survey on patient safety for Swedish conditions
- Reducing the cost of inpatient falls: An ERM perspective
- Developing in situ large-scale simulation strategies for enhanced patient safety
Tools
On-Demand Webinars
Publications
e-LearningTools & Supporting Resources
- Patient Falls Tip Sheet NEW!
- Communication of New Protocols Tip Sheet NEW!
- Building a Culture of Safety Tip Sheet NEW!
- Supporting Leadership Engagement in Patient Safety Tip Sheet NEW!
- Second and Third Victims Tip Sheet
- After Your Root Cause Analysis
- High Acuity Patient Transfer Tip Sheet
- Laboratory and Diagnostic Test Result Communication Tip Sheet
- Preventing Wrong Site Surgeries Tip Sheet
- High Acuity Patient External Transfer Handoff Guidance Tool
On-Demand Webinar Topics
- Reducing the Cost of Inpatient Falls: An Application of Enterprise Risk Management
- Reducing Clinical Risks Associated with Reusable Medical Devices: A Regulatory, Patient Safety, Risk Management, and Infection Control Perspective
- Patient Safety Ethics
- Patient Safety and the Obesity Epidemic: How to Tackle the Risks of an Expanding Patient Population
- The Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of the Parts - Uniting Quality, Patient Safety, and Risk
- Teaching Cognitive Interviewing Skills for Adverse Event Investigation
- Scaling Communication and Resolution Programs: Achieving the Potential, Avoiding the Pitfalls
Live Webinar Topics
Publications
Share Your Story
Are you passionate about advancing patient safety through health care risk management? We would love to feature you in an upcoming ASHRM Member Spotlight.
Share your professional motto, what fuels your commitment to safer care, and why ASHRM matters to you. Your story can inspire peers, spotlight the impact of risk professionals, and celebrate the ASHRM community that helps make care safer every day.
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