Our weekly Friday 5 newsletter aims to keep our members up-to-date on the latest news and resources in patient safety. With articles, interviews, podcasts, videos, reports, press releases, event invites, and job listings, Friday 5 is an easy way to stay current on the local and national goings-on in the ever-changing healthcare industry.
02/02/2024 – WPSC Friday 5: Only 12 Seats Remain for the Cognitive Interviewing Workshop!
02/16/2024 – WPSC Friday 5: 21st Annual Conference Call for Speakers
03/08/2024 – WPSC Friday 5: WPSC Friday 5: Patient Safety Awareness Week: March 10-16, 2024
03/22/2024 – WPSC Friday 5: Cognitive Interviewing Workshop was a success!
04/12/2024 – WPSC Friday 5: We Want Your Feedback!
05/10/2024 – WPSC Friday 5: Conference Opening Keynote Speaker Selected!
05/31/2024 – WPSC Friday 5: Another Fantastic Conference Program Coming in October!
06/14/2024 – WPSC Friday 5: WPSC 21st Annual Conference Registration is Now Open!
06/28/2024 – WPSC Friday 5: Patient Safety in Medical Tourism: Key Factors and Considerations
07/26/2024 – WPSC Friday 5: WPSC Conference Registration is Open and the Program Is Fantastic!
08/23/2024 – WPSC Friday 5: Congrats Spring 2024 WPSC Speak UP! Award Winners!
09/20/2024 – WPSC Friday 5: Countdown Begins: Just One Month Until Our Big Conference!
11/1/2024 – WPSC Friday 5: Join Us Next Week for the Social Need and Health Equity Summit 11/7
02/17/2023 – WPSC Friday 5: New Year, New Opportunities
03/17/2023 – WPSC Friday 5: Congratulation to the Fall 2022 WPSC Speak UP! Award Winner!
03/31/2023 – WPSC Friday 5: 2023 NW Patient Safety Conference is scheduled for October 17 & 18, 2023
04/14/2023 – WPSC Friday 5: The 20th Annual NW Patient Safety Conference Dates and More
04/28/2023 – WPSC Friday 5: Call for Speakers for The 20th NW Patient Safety Conference Now Open!
05/26/2023 – WPSC Friday 5: Nominations for the Speak Up! Award are Closing May 31!
06/16/2023 – WPSC Friday 5: 20th NW Patient Safety Conference Sponsorships are Open!
07/21/2023 – WPSC Friday 5: Conference Registration is Open!
08/11/2023 – WPSC Friday 5: Congrats Spring 2023 WPSC Speak UP! Award Winner!
09/15/2023 – WPSC Friday 5: 20th NW Patient Safety Conference Highlights
09/29/2023 – WPSC Friday 5: Over 300 Registrants, Have you Registered?
10/27/2023 – WPSC Friday 5: Conference was a Huge Success! Read what’s Next
11/22/2023 – WPSC Friday 5: Happy Thanksgiving!
01/14/2022 – WPSC Friday 5: Looking Ahead to 2022
01/28/2022 – WPSC Friday 5: Turning Conversations into Actions
02/25/2022 – WPSC Friday 5: Awareness and Recognition within Healthcare
03/11/2022 – WPSC Friday 5: March Madness of Patient Safety
03/25/2022 – WPSC Friday 5: New Statewide Patient Safety Award
04/08/2022 – WPSC Friday 5: A Focus on Health Care Worker Mental Health
04/22/2022 – WPSC Friday 5: A Focus on Health Care Worker Mental Health
05/06/2022 – WPSC Friday 5: Patient Safety Conference and Workgroup Updates
05/20/2022 – WPSC Friday 5: Criminalization of Medical Error
06/03/2022 – WPSC Friday 5: WPSC Speak Up! Awards, Conference Updates, and More
07/08/2022 – WPSC Friday 5: Conference Updates, WPSC Speak Up! Awards, and More
08/12/2022 – WPSC Friday 5: Register Now for the Annual Patient Safety Conference
08/26/2022 – WPSC Friday 5: Register Now for the Annual Patient Safety Conference
09/09/2022 – WSPC Friday 5: Agenda Available Now for the Annual Patient Safety Conference
09/23/2022 – WPSC Friday 5: One Month Until the Annual Patient Safety Conference!
10/07/2022 – WPSC Friday 5: Less than Two Weeks Until the Annual Patient Safety Conference!
10/28/2022 – WPSC Friday 5: Conference was a Huge Success! Read what’s Next
11/18/2022 – WPSC Friday 5: Speak Up! Award Nomination Deadline, Conference Recordings, and More
12/22/2022 – WPSC Friday 5: Happy Holidays!
01/01/2021 – WPSC Friday 5: New Year, New Events for Equity
01/15/2021 – WPSC Friday 5: Are You Eligible for COVID-19 Vaccination?
01/29/2021 – WPSC Friday 5: Telehealth and the Future of Medicine
02/12/2021 – WPSC Friday 5: Highlighting Creativity
02/26/2021 – WPSC Friday 5: Redefining Person-Centered Care
03/12/2021 – WPSC Friday 5: Don’t Miss These Opportunities
03/26/2021 – WPSC Friday 5: Take Charge of Your Healthcare
03/31/2021 – WPSC Friday 5: This Might Hurt Film Screening – Addressing Chronic Pain
04/05/2021 – WPSC Friday 5: Register Now!
04/23/2021 – WPSC Friday 5: Present Your Patient Safety Knowledge!
05/07/2021 – WPSC Friday 5: Engaging Patients and Staff
05/21/2021 – WPSC Friday 5: Engaging Patients in Care Planning
06/04/2021 – WPSC Friday 5: Making Space for Conversation
06/18/2021 – WPSC Friday 5: Responding to Harms
07/02/2021 – WPSC Friday 5: Register for our Patient Safety Conference
07/16/2021 – WPSC Friday 5: Infection Prevention and Control
07/30/2021 – WPSC Friday 5: Get a Taste of Our Upcoming Conference!
08/13/2021 – WPSC Friday 5: Be an Advocate; Bring an Advocate!
08/27/2021 – WPSC Friday 5: Closing Gaps for Indigenous Populations
08/21/2021 – WPSC Friday 5: Don’t Miss the NW Patient Safety Conference!
10/08/2021 – WPSC Friday 5: Lessons from the NW Patient Safety Conference!
10/22/2021 – WPSC Friday 5: Social Determinants and Patient Safety
11/05/2021 – WPSC Friday 5: Mental Health and Clinician Wellness
11/19/2021 – WPSC Friday 5: Using Data for Improvement
12/03/2021 – WPSC Friday 5: Quality Care for People With Disability
12/17/2021 – WPSC Friday 5: Our Year in Review
01/03/2020 – WPSC Friday 5: New Year, New Topics
01/10/2020 – WPSC Friday 5: Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare
01/17/2020 – WPSC Friday 5: Patient Care and Aging Adults
01/24/2020 – WPSC Friday 5: The Value of Attending Conferences
01/31/20020 – WPSC Friday 5: Meet Lisa Sanders
02/07/2020 – WPSC Friday 5: Honoring Choices Pacific Northwest (HCNW)
02/14/2020 – WPSC Friday 5: Blog Post & Conference Agenda
02/28/2020 – WPSC Friday 5: One Week Left for Early Bird Registration
03/06/2020 – WPSC Friday 5: Coronavirus Updates
03/13/2020 – WPSC Friday 5: Communities Coming Together
03/27/2020 – WPSC Friday 5: Conference Cancelled and COVID-19 Resources
04/17/2020 – WPSC Friday 5: What is it Really Like to be Diagnosed with COVID-19
05/01/2020 – WPSC Friday 5: Service over Self
05/15/2020 – WPSC Friday 5: WASHAA Brings WA Leaders Into Weekly COVID19 Community Conversations
05/22/2020 – WPSC Friday 5: Reducing Stress For Health Professionals During The COVID-19 Pandemic
05/29/2020 – WPSC Friday 5: How COIVD-19 is Pushing Telemedicine Forward
06/05/2020 – WPSC Friday 5: How is Patient Safety Affected by Race and Implicit Bias
06/12/2020 – WPSC Friday 5: NEW BLOG POST: Collaboration over Competition
06/26/2020 – WPSC Friday 5: Diagnosis with Telemedicine
07/10/20 – WPSC Friday 5: NEW BLOG POST Agility in Crisis: How the Everett Clinic Responded to COVID-19
07/17/20 – WPSC Friday 5: Helping Through Adversity
08/07/20 – WPSC Friday 5: Partner with Patients for Quality Outcomes
08/21/20 – WPSC Friday 5: Stigma & Bias: The Obstacles, Consequences And Changes Needed
12/04/20 – WPSC Friday 5: Patients and Providers Condemn Discrimination
12/18/20 – WPSC Friday 5: Happy Holidays Patient Safety Advocates!
12/20/2019 – WPSC Friday 5: Patient Safety in 2019
11/22/2019 – WPSC Friday 5: To Err is Human- 20 Years Later
11/15/2019 – WPSC Friday 5: Line of Sight
11/01/2019 – WPSC Friday 5: Care Delivery
10/11/2019 – WPSC Friday 5: Opioids and Patient Centered Care
10/04/2019 – WPSC Friday 5: Announcements!
09/20/2019 – WPSC Friday 5: Beating Burnout to Find Joy in Work
09/13/2019 – WPSC Friday 5: Patient Safety: A Global Health Priority
09/06/2019 – WPSC Friday 5: Shared Decision Making
08/30/2019 – WPSC Friday 5: DNA Testing and Patient Safety
08/16/2019 – WPSC Friday 5: Building Bridges Between Acute & Long-Term Care
08/02/2019 – WPSC Friday 5: How Democratic Debates are Shaping Patient Safety’s (Potential) Future
07/12/2019 — WPSC Friday 5: Eye-Opening New Patient Safety Tools
06/21/2019 — WPSC Friday 5: New Podcast! The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Diagnostic Process
06/14/2019 — WPSC Friday 5: Lowering Costs for Patients+ #PatientSafetyMonth
05/02/2019 — LAST CALL! Register for NW Patient Safety Conference Today.
04/23/2019 — Breakfast with Bryan Sexton: In 2 Weeks! RSVP Now!
04/19/2019 — WPSC Friday 5: Communication & Patient Safety: The Beginning of a Beautiful Partnership
04/05/2019 — WPSC Friday 5: Cultural Competency & Patient Safety
04/04/2019 — How to Maintain the Human Side of Medicine? Lift Up the “Soft Skills”: Culture, Compassion & Communication.
03/22/2019 — WPSC Friday 5: How to Truly Engage Patients as Care Partners? Give Them Tools and a Voice.
03/18/2019 — WPSC Friday 5: The Best of Patient Safety Awareness Week
03/01/2019 — WPSC Friday 5: Spokane & Beyond! To Err is Human on Both Sides of State 3/14
02/28/2019 — WPSC Thursday 5: Shining a Light on World Rare Disease Day 2019
02/22/2019 — WPSC Friday 5: Sit Back, Relax & Gain CE Credits!
02/08/2019 — WPSC Friday 5: …Secrets of the 2019 NWPS Conference Enclosed…
01/18/2019 — WPSC Friday 5: Film Screening! Patient Safety on Video
01/04/2019 — WPSC Friday 5: New Year, New Curriculum, New Podcast & New Blog Post!
12/07/2018 — WPSC Friday 5: Essential Healthcare News for the Coming Few Weeks
11/28/2018 — WPSC News & Events: Get the Inside Scoop on Schwartz Rounds from a Schwartz Center Scholar
11/09/2018 — WPSC Friday Five: Burnout Prevention and Provider Safety
10/26/2018 — WPSC News & Events: Early Bird Gets the Worm!
10/19/2018 — WPSC Friday 5: Eldercare and Patient Safety
10/05/2018 — WPSC News & Events: Early-Decision Speaker Call for 2019 Conference & Upcoming Webinar
09/28/2018 — WPSC Friday 5: The Case for Care for the Colleague
09/14/2018 — WPSC Friday 5: Back to School Patient Safety
08/31/2018 — WPSC Friday 5: WPSC Friday Five: Air Quality and Patient Safety ️
08/17/2018 — WPSC Friday 5: Compassion and Patient Safety
08/03/2018 — WPSC Friday Five: Beach Reads and Patient Safety
07/27/2018 — WPSC Friday 5: Motherhood and Patient Safety
07/20/2018 — WPSC Friday 5: WPSC Friday Five: Hitting the Bullseye of Diagnosis
07/13/2018 — WPSC Friday 5: Diving Deep into the Deep Learning of Health AI
06/29/2018 — WPSC Friday 5: Mergers & Acquisitions. What are the Implications?
06/15/2018 — WPSC Friday 5: Podcasts, Podcasts, Podcasts! Our Suggestions, Your Ideas.
5/25/2018 — WPSC Friday 5: “Right to Try,” Compassionate Use, and Patients — the Debate in a Nutshell
05/18/2018 — WPSC Friday 5: Photos & Slides from the Conference Now Live!
05/04/2018 — WPSC Friday 5: Summer Health Tips
04/20/2018 — WPSC Friday 5: Seaplane Rides, Rosemary Lemonade, and Interactive Learning, Oh My!
04/06/2018 — WPSC Friday 5: Poll Edition – What’s for Dessert at the Conference?! + Just What Does “Just Culture” Mean These Days?
03/30/2018 — WPSC Friday 5: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to (or from) the Doctor ️
03/23/2018 — WPSC Friday 5: Future Perspectives on the “Detective Work” of RCA
03/16/2018 — WPSC Friday 5: The Benefits of Art Therapy & Performance for Patient of All Ages
03/09/2018 — WPSC Friday 5: And Our Surprise Closing Speaker is…Enclosed!
03/02/2018 — WPSC Friday 5: Agenda! Agenda! Read All About It!
02/19/2018 — WPSC Friday 5: The Healing Power of Medical Clowns
02/02/2018 – WPSC Friday 5: Big News + All About the “Funky Flu.”
01/26/2018 – WPSC Friday 5: Let’s Propel Patient Safety into the Future, Shall We?
01/12/2018 – WPSC Friday 5: Ushering Health Care into 2018
12/08/2017 – WPSC Friday 5: Medical Futurism and Patient Safety in 2018
12/01/2017 – WPSC Friday 5: 30th Anniversary of World AIDS Day
11/10/2017 – WPSC Friday 5: A Focus on Veterans’ Health Care Quality
11/03/2017 – WPSC Friday 5: From Foundations to Future in Patient Safety
10/13/2017 – WPSC Friday 5: Examining Health Disparities with Removal of ACA Subsidies
10/6/2017 – WPSC Friday 5: Communication & Resolution Programs- What’s Next in Washington State?
09/29/2017 – WPSC Friday 5: Up-to-the-Minute State of the State: Tackling Opioids the Washington Way
09/22/2017 – WPSC Friday 5: The Tide is Going Outpatient…
09/01/2017 – WPSC Friday 5: Patient Safety in a Time of Disaster + How to Aid #Harvey
08/25/2017 – WPSC Friday 5: Quiz Edition: What do you really know about the social determinants of health?
08/18/2017 – WPSC Friday 5: Reexamining Pain Management in The Context of an Opioid Crisis
08/11/2017 – WPSC Friday 5: Transgender Patient Safety
08/04/2017 – WPSC Friday 5: Meet The Rest Of The Foundation
07/28/2017 – WPSC Friday 5: Far-Reaching Effects of a Burned Out Clinical Workforce
07/14/2017 – WPSC Friday 5: The Many Faces of Inequity
07/07/2017 – WPSC Friday 5: PFAC Summer Picks
06/26/2017 – WPSC Friday 5: Stocking Our Toolshed for the Summer
06/09/2017 – WPSC Friday 5: The Secret Life of Bias
06/02/2017 – WPSC Friday 5: Costs, Confusion, and Consumerism in the era of Choosing Wisely
05/26/2017 – WPSC Friday 5: Reflections From the NPSF Annual Congress
05/ 05/2017 – WPSC Friday 5: Top 5 Reasons you do not Want to Miss the WPSC Conference!
04/28/ 2017 – WPSC Friday 5: The Ongoing Opioid Struggle
04/21/2017 – WPSC Friday 5: Diagnostic Error: The new Frontier in Patient Safety
04/14/2017 – WPSC Friday 5: Patient Safety at the Intersection of Tort Reform & Medical Malpractice
04/07/2017 – WPSC Friday 5: What Does Safety Culture Truly Entail?
03/31/2017 – WPSC Friday 5: Latest Progress in the Opioid Fight
03/17/2017 – WPSC Friday 5: The Northwest Patient Safety Conference
03/10/2017 – WPSC Friday 5: The art of Communication After Medical Error
03/03/2017- WPSC Friday 5: Teenage Patient Safety
02/24/2017 – WPSC Friday 5: The Heart and Science of Patient Safety.
02/17/2017 – WPSC Friday 5: Should Residents’ Hours Be Expanded? Two Sides of the Debate.
02/10/2017 – WPSC Friday 5: PFAC Picks: When do Quality metrics Miss the Mark?
02/03/2017 – WPSC Friday 5: Adapting Commonplace Patient Safety Practices
01/27/2017 – WPSC Friday 5: The Truth Behind Workplace Violence in Health Care.
01/20/2017 – WPSC Friday 5: What Should We Expect for the Post-ACA Healthcare Industry?
01/13/2017 – WPSC Friday 5: Teasers & Speakers for the NW Patient Safety Conference!
01/06/2017 – WPSC Friday 5: Meet Our PFAC! (Patient & Family Advisory Council)
12/30/2016 – WPSC Friday 5: The Biggest Stories of 2016
12/23/2016 – WPSC Friday 5: Views on “Obama’s Last Law” – the 21st Century Cures Act
12/16/2016 – WPSC Friday 5: Focus on Health IT
12/12/2016 – WPSC Important Event News!
12/09/2016 – WPSC Friday 5: Call for 2017 Conference Speakers + Save the Date!
12/02/2016 – WPSC Friday 5: What Could ACA Repeal Mean for Safe, Quality Care?
11/11/2016 – WPSC Friday 5: PFAC Picks — Patients Matter.
11/04/2016 – WPSC Friday 5: Patient Safety and Risk Management
10/28/2016 – WPSC Friday 5: Care Outside the Acute Setting
10/19/2016 – Upcoming Patient Safety Events You’ll Want on Your Calendar!
10/14/2016 – WPSC Friday 5: PFAC Picks
10/07/2016 – WPSC Friday 5: WA Takes Action on the Opioid Crisis
09/30/2016 – WPSC Friday 5: PFAC Picks, Religious and LGBT Disparities in Health
09/23/2016 – WPSC Friday 5: Fighting Clinician Burnout
09/16/2016 – WPSC Friday 5: Eliminating Diagnostic Errors
09/09/2016 – WPSC Friday 5: Teen Care, Elder Care & Difficult Conversations
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