World Health Organization | Voices for Safer Care

Rethinking how we think about preventing harm

Last week the Armstrong Institute, along with our partners at the World Health Organization, had the privilege of hosting more than 200 clinicians, patient advocates, health care leaders and policy makers for our inaugural Forum on Emerging Topics in Patient Safety in Baltimore. The event featured presentations by international experts in a dozen different industries, […]

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, […]