Patient Safety

"Patient Safety" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Efforts to reduce risk, to address and reduce incidents and accidents that may negatively impact healthcare consumers.

Descriptor ID	D061214
MeSH Number(s)	N06.850.135.060.075.399
Concept/Terms	Patient Safety Patient Safety Patient Safeties Safeties, Patient Safety, Patient

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Health Care [N]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Accidents [N06.850.135]
Accident Prevention [N06.850.135.060]
Safety [N06.850.135.060.075]
Patient Safety [N06.850.135.060.075.399]

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Bar chart showing 178 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 23 publications in 2012 and 2017

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2010	0	1	1
2011	2	0	2
2012	13	10	23
2013	11	3	14
2014	9	6	15
2015	10	2	12
2016	10	9	19
2017	13	10	23
2018	11	10	21
2019	3	4	7
2020	5	13	18
2021	1	3	4
2022	2	3	5
2023	0	4	4
2024	5	3	8
2025	1	1	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient Safety" by people in Profiles.

Narayan AK, Foster N, Kadom N, Scott JA, Flores EJ, Broder JC, Yong-Hing CJ, Daye D, Kagetsu NJ, Burstin H. Six Steps to Improving Health Equity Using Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Tools. Radiology. 2025 Feb; 314(2):e232750.

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Chitavi SO, Williams SC, Patrianakos J, Schmaltz SP, Boudreaux ED, Ahmedani BK, Roaten K, Comtois KAK, Akkas F, Brown GK. Evaluating the Prevalence of Suicide Risk Screening Practices in Accredited Hospitals. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2025 May; 51(5):342-349.

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Lu A, Pian-Smith MCM, Burden A, Fernandez GL, Fortner SA, Rege RV, Slakey DP, Velasco JM, Cooper JB, Steadman RH. Quality and Simulation Professionals Should Collaborate. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2024 12; 50(12):882-889.

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Lu A, Pian-Smith MCM, Burden A, Fernandez GL, Fortner SA, Rege RV, Slakey DP, Velasco JM, Cooper JB, Steadman RH. Call to Action: Quality and Simulation Professionals Should Collaborate. Simul Healthc. 2024 Oct 01; 19(5):319-325.

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Miotto MB, Balchan B, Combe L. Safe Administration of Medication in School: Policy Statement. Pediatrics. 2024 Jun 01; 153(6).

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Sullivan JL, Shin MH, Chan J, Shwartz M, Miech EJ, Borzecki AM, Yackel E, Yende S, Rosen AK. Quality improvement lessons learned from National Implementation of the "Patient Safety Events in Community Care: Reporting, Investigation, and Improvement Guidebook". Health Serv Res. 2024 Dec; 59 Suppl 2:e14317.

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Sama SR, Quinn MM, Gore RJ, Galligan CJ, Kriebel D, Markkanen PK, Lindberg JE, Fallon PJ. The Safe Home Care Intervention Study: Implementation Methods and Effectiveness Evaluation. J Appl Gerontol. 2024 Nov; 43(11):1595-1604.

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Chitavi SO, Patrianakos J, Williams SC, Schmaltz SP, Ahmedani BK, Roaten K, Boudreaux ED, Brown GK. Evaluating the Prevalence of Four Recommended Practices for Suicide Prevention Following Hospital Discharge. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2024 06; 50(6):393-403.

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Larson DB, Doo FX, Allen B, Mongan J, Flanders AE, Wald C. Proceedings From the 2022 ACR-RSNA Workshop on Safety, Effectiveness, Reliability, and Transparency in AI. J Am Coll Radiol. 2024 Jul; 21(7):1119-1129.

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Yerstein MC, Sundararaj D, McLean M, Kroll DS. Anticipating Patient Safety Events in Psychiatric Care. J Psychiatr Pract. 2024 Jan 01; 30(1):68-72.

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