First Do No Harm: Addressing the Patient Safety Crisis

Medical errors account for 251,000 deaths a year in the U.S. and the error rate in the U.S. is higher than in other countries like Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, and the UK. 1 in 4 experience harm from the U.S. health care system. This webinar will explore how the creation of a National Patient Safety Board would be a first step in addressing the patient safety crisis, allowing for data aggregation and analysis, identification of patterns and causes of harm, and creation and dissemination of autonomous solutions that can improve the quality of our care.

Speakers:

• Hazel Law, Policy Analyst, Families USA
• Sue Sheridan, Founding Member, Patients for Patient Safety
• Leah Binder, President and CEO, The Leapfrog Group