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To improve patient safety, Becker’s says healthcare leaders should prioritize 10 challenges currently at the forefront of care.

Medication stewardship programs are important efforts by all frontline healthcare workers and are becoming more common in dental practices, as well. In dental practices, dentists should exercise particular caution when prescribing antibiotics and opioids.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released an AI/ML-Based Software as a Medical Device Action Plan, which outlines a detailed approach to ensuring the safety and efficacy of these technologies.

ISMP advises healthcare providers to adopt safe practices to help prevent adverse events associated with distribution and administration of the COVID-19 vaccine.

MLMIC encourages policyholders to review these important Risk Management Checklists on patient safety, including guidance on managing medical equipment and caring for patients of size.

Under new federal regulation, COVID-19 immunizations can now be administered to everyone older than 65 and to adults with comorbidities that classify them as at-risk for severe infection.

Experts say temperature screenings taken with non-contact infrared thermometers may be largely ineffective for curbing the spread of COVID-19 because the instrument is influenced by numerous variables.

A new study published by JAMA Network Open says displaying patient photographs in EHRs can reduce wrong-patient order entry errors.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cautions that patients can be injured if wearing face masks with metal features or coating during an MRI exam.

The Joint Commission’s seven patient safety goals it says should be the prioritized by hospitals in the coming year.