ICUs | Voices for Safer Care

Big news today from the Armstrong Institute

We’re pleased to announce that the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has awarded Johns Hopkins’ Armstrong Institute a grant of $8.9 million to design safer care in ICUs. This project will have two overriding aims: to better engage patients—and their family members—as integral parts of the care team; and to use systems engineering methods to […]

Why can’t the ICU be more like a cockpit?

In the world of patient safety, we’re constantly reinforcing the importance of teamwork and communication, both among clinicians and with patients. That’s because we know that patient harm so often occurs when vital information about a patient’s care is omitted, miscommunicated or ignored. Yet for all we do to improve how humans work together, clinicians […]

Translating safety in Spain

Caregivers’ potential to reduce preventable harm and improve patient outcomes is profound. Consider the news that came out of Spain last week from a collaborative of nearly 200 intensive care units. This nationwide effort, with support from the Armstrong Institute at Johns Hopkins, the World Health Organization, the Spanish Health Minister and clinicians across the country, […]