Patient Safety

Lifespan Patient Safety Symposium

This annual event brings together clinicians, executives and policy makers to discuss advances in patient safety initiatives and the future of patient-centered health care.
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At Lifespan hospitals, the safety and well being of our patients comes first. We accomplish this by offering the best care to our patients and by putting systems into place that further protect you from medical errors, minimizing the risks of wrong site surgeries, infections, and other adverse outcomes that might arise. General information about safety initiatives at Lifespan hospitals

• Frequently Asked Questions About Hospital Safety
  Read answers to common questions and contact us with your own.
• What YOU Can Do
  Tips to help patients, visitors and families have a safe, healthy visit.

Specific Initiatives at Lifespan

Choose an area below to learn more about our specific safety efforts:

• Monitoring, Reporting and Preventing Errors
  Lifespan's affiliated hospitals are committed to promoting a culture of safety.
• Keeping Patients Infection-Free
  Our goal is for patients to have a safe, healthy and infection-free hospital experience.
• "Closing the Loop" on Medication Safety
  Our end-to-end automated medication dispensing system helps to reduce human error and increase patient safety.
• Keeping Patients Safe Before, During and After Surgery
  All Lifespan hospitals embrace a patient safety approach to surgery.
• Nursing Initiatives to Promote Patient Safety
  The nursing staff at Lifespan's affiliated hospitals has the education, experience and skills needed to help each patient navigate toward healing and health.
• The Medical Simulation Center
  How do doctors and nurses know how to correctly use the latest technological tools and equipment? They are trained at the Lifespan Medical Simulation Center.
• Cardiac Care
  At Lifespan's affiliated hospitals, physicians, nurses, technicians and hospital administrative staffs work as a team to provide patients with outstanding surgical, medical and critical cardiac care.
• Reducing Complications for the Critically Ill
  Lifespan's Hospitals and the Rhode Island ICU Collaborative are joining forces to significantly reduce ICU-related complications.
• Keeping Kids and Teen Patients Safe
  We work to ensure the safety and well-being of children and their families.
• Radiation Safety for Patients
  All Lifespan hospitals adhere to strict federal and state government regulations regarding the use of radiation for health care and research.
• Human Factors Engineering/Systems-Based Processes
  We work to increase patient safety by reducing human error in systems and work environments.
• Safe Patient Environments: Facility Design
  At Lifespan's affiliated hospitals, each facility is designed to help to ensure patient safety and promote healing.
• Technology that Supports Patient Safety
  Lifespan's investment in cutting-edge technology that supports patient safety has earned a national reputation for being at the forefront of technology in health care.

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