John Wiederspan is well aware of how things can go wrong in the high-pressure, high-stakes environment of an operating room. “During situations such as trauma or a patient doing poorly, there’s a real ...

Despite decades of patient safety initiatives, preventable harm remains prevalent in health care. This article posits that a ...

The World Day for Safety and Health at Work, led by the International Labour Organization, is marked each year on 28 April.

PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly one in three Oregonians has had experience with medical harm in the last five years; however, fewer than half ...

Too often in healthcare, professionals use vernacular to talk about patient outcomes that lacks humanity and softens the unpleasant truth that real people, their lives and their health are what is at ...

Surgical procedures are among the most delicate and high-risk medical interventions, requiring precision, experience, and strict adherence to established medical protocols. Patients place complete ...

John Wiederspan is well aware of how things can go wrong in the high-pressure, high-stakes environment of an operating room. “During situations such as trauma, or a patient doing poorly, there’s a ...