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For World Patient Safety Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) is focusing on reducing patient harm due to medication errors and the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on medication safety.

A new report released this week from the CDC examines the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance amid COVID-19.

Thousands of Pennsylvanians and others around the country are waiting for the lifesaving gift of organ donation.

A new report from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) PolicyLab provides critical insights on detecting child abuse and the need to address disparities in screening in hospital settings.

Patient Safety Awareness Week, from March 13 through March 19, 2022, is intended to encourage everyone—consumers as well as health care providers—to learn more about health care safety. This annual event, organized by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), is designed to create awareness about patient safety and to empower consumers to take an active role in their health care.

Maternal mortality rates increased significantly during the first year of the pandemic, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) today highlighted three new health care delivery models available to hospitals in Pennsylvania.

Tomorrow is PA Donor Day, providing the Pennsylvania hospital community with another opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of organ donation.

Pennsylvania’s hospitals reported significant statewide decreases for in-hospital mortality and readmissions, according to a new report from Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4).

Ahead of PA Donor Day on January 8, HAP and Pennsylvania’s hospital community encourage residents across the commonwealth to register as organ and tissue donors through Donate Life Pennsylvania.