Announcements

Writing Workshop: Turn Your QI Project Into a Published Manuscript

2022-07-07

The Patient Safety Authority is holding its first master class in writing quality improvement studies. This free, online workshop is intended for Pennsylvania healthcare workers who have completed a quality improvement project which made a difference in patient care at their facility or organization—but have not yet written it for publication.
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June 8 is National Time Out Day

2022-06-08

The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) and The Joint Commission created National Time Out Day to remind surgical teams to pause before operations to confirm the correct patient, procedure, and site, as well as perform other important safety checks to prevent wrong-patient, wrong-procedure, and wrong-site surgery.

Here are some resources, articles, and safety stories to help you and your team recommit to safe surgery and raise awareness about this powerful safety practice.
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Meet the Editor!

2022-03-18

On Thursday, March 31, from 12–12:30 p.m. ET, Regina Hoffman, MBA, RN, editor-in-chief of Patient Safety, will answer all your burning questions about submitting to journals and working with editors to ready your manuscript for publication. Read more about Meet the Editor!
Are you feeling the burnout?

2022-02-15

To bring awareness to the urgent problem of clinician burnout and help advance solutions and strategies, Patient Safety, a multiple award–winning journal dedicated to preventing harm and improving safety, will publish a special themed issue on burnout, fatigue, and depression in healthcare in January 2023. To be considered for this issue, manuscript submissions must be received by May 31, 2022. Read more about Are you feeling the burnout?
Top 5 Articles of 2021

2022-01-11

Look back at some highlights from 2021, including the most popular articles in 2021.
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June 9 is National Time Out Day

2021-06-08

A time-out is when the surgical or procedural team pauses before the operation to confirm the correct patient, procedure, and site. The Joint Commission introduced the time-out in 2003 as part of its Universal Protocol, and it has become a powerful tool in preventing wrong-patient, wrong-procedure, and wrong-site surgery.

Here are some resources to help you and your team recommit to safe surgery and raise awareness about this important safety practice.
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Calling all future pharmacists—the future starts now!

2021-05-03

We’re inviting PharmD students and faculty to submit their manuscripts by July 19. A panel of guest editors—pharmacy experts from across the United States—will select their favorites.

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Our Top 10 Most-Read Articles

2021-02-12

Since we launched Patient Safety just 18 months ago, our journal has attracted 45,000 readers from 163 countries and garnered three awards for excellence. See what everyone has been reading—here are our top 10 most-popular articles!
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Looking for Peer Reviewers

2019-12-11

Have you always wanted to add "peer reviewer" to your credentials? Now's your chance! We're looking for peer reviewers for Patient Safety.
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Issue 1 is Available Now!

2019-09-17

The inaugural issue of Patient Safety is here—and with no subscription fees, you can read it online now at no charge.

In the pages of this new journal, you will find high-quality, evidence-based research articles, advanced analytics, interviews with leaders in their fields, engaging editorials, and patient commentaries. There really is no other journal quite like this one.
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Now Accepting Manuscript Submissions

2019-04-25

Patient Safety is now accepting manuscript submissions. To be considered for our September 2019 issue, manuscripts must be received by Sunday, June 1, 2019, at 11:59 p.m.
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