Perspectives on Safety
Our Perspectives on Safety section features expert viewpoints on current themes in patient safety, including interviews and written essays published monthly. Annual Perspectives highlight vital and emerging patient safety topics.
Perspective
The Physical Environment: An Often Unconsidered Patient Safety Tool
with commentary by Anjali Joseph, PhD, EDAC; Eileen B. Malone, RN, MSN, MS, EDAC, Designing for Safety, October 2012
This piece discusses how environmental factors contribute to adverse events in health care and describes how evidence-based design principles can improve safety.
Interview
In Conversation With… Ann L. Hendrich, RN, PhD
Fall Prevention, December 2011
A leading expert on health care–associated falls, Dr. Hendrich developed one of the most widely used risk assessment tools.
Perspective
Implementing a Fall Prevention Program
with commentary by Frances Healey, RN, PhD, Fall Prevention, December 2011
This piece discusses the multiple, complex causes of falls in hospitalized patients along with prevention strategies.