March 2020-Printed Issue

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The spring 2020 issue of Patient Safety is available to read online and download at no charge. Each issue of Patient Safety brings you the latest evidence-based research and data analytics, interviews with healthcare experts and advocates, thought-provoking editorials, and inspiring stories from patients and families. Our cover story, “I Am the Zebra,” (https://patientsafetyj.com/article/73585-i-am-the-zebra-one-woman-s-five-year-quest-for-the-truth) is a patient commentary from Missy Adams and her husband, Solomon, detailing her long, difficult journey toward an accurate diagnosis. In this issue we also hear from Mary Ellen Mannix, who shares the tragic story of her son James (https://patientsafetyj.com/article/73597-one-on-one-mary-ellen-mannix) and how her efforts to understand what happened to him led her to speak up for other patients. Additional highlights: A practice improvement paper about an organization’s efforts to decrease medication errors (https://patientsafetyj.com/article/73587) related to patient weight discrepancies, a new safety self-assessment tool (https://patientsafetyj.com/article/73589) to help prevent vancomycin-related events, and a look at how safety is compromised when hospital equipment cannot accommodate obese patients (https://patientsafetyj.com/article/73590). Members of the LGBTQ community tell us in their own words about their healthcare experiences (https://patientsafetyj.com/article/73592) and how we can provide safe care for all patients, and we celebrate the winners of the Patient Safety Authority’s 2020 I AM Patient Safety Awards (https://patientsafetyj.com/article/73593). Patient Safety is fully open access (no fees for authors or readers). We welcome manuscripts from all over the world. If your work can help advance patient safety, please submit it to us for consideration (https://patientsafetyj.com/for-authors), and kindly share our journal with friends, family, colleagues, and caregivers.