When a physician’s mother was hospitalized, she learned firsthand that not until safety is an emphasized part of everyone’s job description can we hope to reduce the great number of preventable errors taking place in our hospitals.

Virtual Mentor spoke with Dr. David Classen about the current state of patient safety in the United States. Dr Classen discussed the goals and challenges of improving patient safety in inpatient and ambulatory settings and how health care reform will impact future efforts to improve patient safety.

Virtual Mentor spoke with Patricia Sokol, RN, JD about the growing number of institutions that offer graduate training for health professionals in patient safety science and how these programs are critical to establishing a safer overall health care system.

Dr Christy A. Rentmeester joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “Uptown Squirrel Does Not Eat That.”

Devin Hunt joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Olivia S. Kates: "A Brief History of Antimicrobial Resistance.”

Lloyd Duplechan joins Ethics Talk to discuss health organizations’ responsibilities to protect employees and community members from antimicrobial resistance.

The Supreme Court’s ruling in Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc., may prevent consumers injured by medical devices that have FDA premarket approval from receiving compensation.

National and international approaches are implemented to control the spread of disease by migration and travel.

The mechanisms of sleep regulation, symptoms of sleep deprivation, and how to treat the effects of shift work.

There are four key elements of health system reform that medical educators must endeavor to implement.