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Findings reveal need for broader global humanitarian response system.

Tips for engaging patients and families in efforts to improve quality from the AHA's Health Research & Educational Trust.

Identifying sepsis can be difficult, but the deadly condition can be contained by following the proper protocols and acting quickly.

For a former health care leader turned priest, progress is measured one life at a time.

Hospital executives should not fall prey to common misconceptions about mass casualty preperations.

Plan and practice, experts say, but allow room for innovation when necessary. This first part of a yearlong series focuses on preparing for mass casualty incidents.

“We believe that patient safety is at a real inflection point and it’s in need of a reboot. This is an opportunity to do that,” says Derek Feeley, who will lead the combined organization.

Two hospitals' executives discuss how they implemented a culture of consistency, during an interview at the Rural Health Care Leadership conference.

Alert outlines the 11 tenets of a culture of safety and how health care leaders can make them happen.

Taking a less-is-more attitude, more health care organizations are encouraging physicians to provide the right amount of care, David Ollier Weber says.