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Patient Safety—June 2021
Vol. 3 No. 2 (2021)
Vol. 3 No. 2 (2021): Patient Safety—June 2021

The June 2021 issue of Patient Safety is now available to read and download at no charge.

Each issue of our multiple award-winning journal delves into timely research, data from one of the world’s largest event reporting databases, perspective pieces, interviews, and more—which can be used right now to improve healthcare for patients. This month’s features include:
- A close look at the impact of isolation on patients
- A new tool that can help assess, predict, and prevent clinician burnout
- A successful performance improvement initiative from Ireland that can help improve surgical outcomes in other facilities
- Infectious disease epidemiologist Dr. Steffanie Strathdee shares how her husband nearly died from a “superbug”—and what saved him
- An overview of serious events and incidents reported by acute care hospitals in 2020
- What happens when a critical care patient becomes a critical care patient themselves? Dr. Michael Leonard tells his story.
Patient Safety is fully open access, with no author fees—we want to see your next original manuscript! We always appreciate your help in spreading the word about this publication in your social network.

Thank you to each author, peer reviewer, editorial board member, and Patient Safety Authority staff who has contributed to our work and our goal of advancing safety for all patients.
Patient Safety—March 2021
Vol. 3 No. 1 (2021)
Vol. 3 No. 1 (2021): Patient Safety—March 2021

Our March 2021 issue is now available to read and download at no charge.

Each issue features the latest evidence-based research, thoughtful commentaries and editorials, interviews with healthcare leaders and safety advocates, and powerful patient stories. Highlights this month include:
- An open conversation on vaccination with an infection preventionist, a psychologist, and a former vaccine-hesitant parent of a son with autism
- An interview with Wendell Potter, former insurance executive turned whistleblower, on the brokenness of U.S. healthcare and how to understand it and protect yourself
- Authors share their new categorization schema for medication errors in outpatient care
- Smaller incisions make surgeries safer, but there still are risks; an analyst examines the common injuries and outcomes of various types of minimally invasive surgery
- An analysis of serious events related to medication reconciliation errors—and how to prevent them
- Two articles covering the long and the short of patient height: why it can affect both the quality and safety of care
Patient Safety is fully open access (no subscription fees or author fees), so please consider send us your next original manuscript and sharing our journal with your colleagues, students, families, friends, and patients.

Thank you to our authors, peer reviewers, editorial board members, and Patient Safety Authority staff, who all play a part in the success of our journal and in advancing patient safety everywhere.

Together we save lives.
Patient Safety-December 2020
Vol. 2 No. 4 (2020)
Vol. 2 No. 4 (2020): Patient Safety— December 2020

Our December 2020 issue is now available to read and download at no charge.

Each issue features the latest evidence-based research, thoughtful commentaries and editorials, interviews with healthcare leaders and safety advocates, and powerful patient stories.
- An in-depth study of variables associated with wrong-site surgeries in Pennsylvania, demonstrating that this “never event” still happens all too often
- An interview with Queen Quet, head of state of the Gullah/Geechee Nation, about life on the Sea Islands, overcoming racial disparities in healthcare, and more
- A focus on sepsis, a severe condition that is difficult to distinguish from the flu and COVID-19
- A polio survivor who never had the choice to take the vaccine shares her struggles with the aftereffects of the disease since she contracted it in childhood
- Researchers delve into wrong-patient errors related to health information technology
- A timely look at risks involved with using prone positioning to treat patients for acute respiratory distress syndrome, a common complication of COVID-19 and other infections
Thank you to our authors, peer reviewers, editorial board members, and Patient Safety Authority staff, who all play a part in the success of our journal and in advancing patient safety everywhere. Patient Safety is fully open access (no subscription fees or author fees), so please consider sending us your next original manuscript and sharing our journal with your colleagues, students, families, friends, and patients. Together we save lives.
Patient Safety - September 2020
Vol. 2 No. 3 (2020)
Vol. 2 No. 3 (2020): Patient Safety — September 2020

The September 2020 issue of Patient Safety marks the first anniversary of our journal! Read it online at no charge or download a PDF version at PatientSafetyJ.com.

Each issue features the latest evidence-based research, thoughtful commentaries and editorials, interviews with healthcare leaders and safety advocates, and powerful patient stories.
- An interview with Dr. Tejal Gandhi and Dr. Jeff Brady about the recently released National Action Plan for Patient Safety in the United States
- A global look at innovative solutions to patient safety falls
- A timely examination of how process breakdowns contribute to delays in recognizing, treating, and preventing the spread of respiratory infections, like the flu and COVID-19
- A social worker raises awareness of intimate partner violence, a serious problem that gets worse during periods of isolation
- A survivor of COVID-19 shares his hospital experience and recovery from the disease
- A researcher takes a close look at nonsuicidal self-injury among children and adolescents
Thank you to our authors, peer reviewers, editorial board members, and Patient Safety Authority staff, who all play a part in the success of our journal and in advancing patient safety everywhere. Patient Safety is fully open access (no subscription fees or author fees), so please consider sending us your next original manuscript and sharing our journal with your colleagues, students, families, friends, and patients. Together we save lives.
Patient Safety Journal - June 2020
Vol. 2 No. 2 (2020)
Vol. 2 No. 2 (2020): Patient Safety — June 2020

The June 2020 issue of our journal, Patient Safety, is now available! Read it online at no charge or download a PDF version at PatientSafetyJ.com.

Each issue of Patient Safety delivers new evidence-based research and data analytics, engaging editorials, inspiring stories from patients and families, and interviews with healthcare experts and advocates.
- “DX: Crisis”–a timely discussion with SaraKay and Stanton Smullens, MD, concerning clinician burnout, depression, self-care strategies, and COVID-19
- Two additional perspectives on how the pandemic is affecting patient safety: a commentary from William Wenner, MD, and a study of COVID-19–related event reports throughout Pennsylvania
- Ann Green shares “How Hospice Saved My Mother’s Life”
- Researchers look at in-hospital substance use
- An overview of serious events and incidents reported by acute care hospitals in 2019
- A study on denture impaction events along the gastrointestinal tract—the first of its kind
Thank you to our authors, peer reviewers, Patient Safety Authority staff, and editorial board members who help make this journal possible. Patient Safety is fully open access (no subscription fees or author fees), so please consider sending us your next original manuscript. We always appreciate you sharing the journal widely among your friends, family, colleagues, students, and patients. Together we save lives.
Patient Safety — March 2020
Vol. 2 No. 1 (2020)

A new issue of our journal, Patient Safety, is now available! Read the March 2020 edition online at no charge or download a PDF version at PatientSafetyJ.com.

Each issue of Patient Safety brings you the latest evidence-based research and data analytics, interviews with healthcare experts and advocates, thought-provoking editorials, and inspiring stories from patients and families. Our cover story, “I Am the Zebra,” is a patient commentary from Missy Adams and her husband, Solomon, detailing her long, difficult journey toward an accurate diagnosis.

In this issue we also hear from Mary Ellen Mannix, who shares the tragic story of her son James and how her efforts to understand what happened to him led her to speak up for other patients. Additional highlights: A practice improvement paper about an organization’s efforts to decrease medication errors related to patient weight discrepancies, a new safety self-assessment tool to help prevent vancomycin-related events, and a look at how safety is compromised when hospital equipment cannot accommodate obese patients. Members of the LGBTQ community tell us in their own words about their healthcare experiences and how we can provide safe care for all patients, and we celebrate the winners of the Patient Safety Authority’s 2020 I AM Patient Safety Awards.

Thank you to all our authors, peer reviewers, Patient Safety Authority staff, and editorial board members who help make this journal possible. Patient Safety is fully open access (no subscription fees or author fees), so please consider submitting an original manuscript to us.

There’s something in Patient Safety for everyone—healthcare workers, researchers, and patients alike. If you enjoy our journal, we appreciate you sharing it within your social circle, including friends, family, colleagues, students, and patients! Together we save lives.
Patient Safety — December 2019
Vol. 1 No. 2 (2019)

We are proud to announce the publication of the second issue of our journal, Patient Safety. You can read it now at no charge at PatientSafetyJ.com or download a PDF.

Each issue of Patient Safety delivers high-quality content, including evidence-based research articles and advanced analytics; interviews with leaders in their fields; editorials to spark discussion on hot-button topics, and inspiring patient commentaries—such as our cover story by Kristin Aaron, who shares how her son’s tragic healthcare journey has transformed patient safety.

Other highlights in the December issue include an interview with Kathleen Noonan, CEO of the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers, about meeting the complex needs of an at-risk population; a data analysis on events related to telemetry monitoring; a research article about an initiative that used trigger tools to decrease adverse drug events; a look at suicide prevention strategies; and much more!

Thank you to the many contributing authors, peer reviewers, Patient Safety Authority staff, and editorial board members who help make Patient Safety possible. If you would like to see your work in Patient Safety, please consider submitting your original manuscripts to us. The journal is fully open access: There are no subscription fees or author fees. And if you would like to become a peer reviewer for Patient Safety, please let us know!

You can also be a part of Patient Safety by sharing it with your friends, family, colleagues, students, and patients! Together we save lives.
Patient Safety - September 2019
Vol. 1 No. 1 (2019)

Welcome to the first issue of Patient Safety!

Brought to you by the Patient Safety Authority, an independent agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, this brand-new journal is unlike any other you’ve seen. Since patients are at the heart of everything we do, each issue not only publishes original, peer-reviewed research and data analyses, but also gives patients a voice—on the page and behind the scenes.

Patient Safety has no subscription fees or author fees: It’s available now to read online, as well as free to publish in. Once you’ve looked over this issue, send us your own research articles, essays, studies, and other submissions. If your manuscript will help advance patient safety, we want to see it!

Read articles from the September 2019 issue online or download the full issue as a PDF for printing and sharing. Remember to subscribe to receive future issues and news about Patient Safety. Submit your work to us and tell your friends and colleagues all about the new journal on the block.

Together we can save lives.