Patient safety trends in 2023: an analysis of 287,997 serious events and incidents from the nation’s largest event reporting database.

This article describes patient safety events collected from the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System (PA-PSRS) in 2023. Nearly 288,000 reports were submitted to PA-PSRS, with serious and high-harm events accounting for 20% and 25% of events, respectively. The most commonly reported event type were errors related to procedures, tests or treatments (accounting for one-third of acute care events reported).