Category: Medicine and Healthcare
![Pulse CPSEA to Screen Medical Device Industry Exposé, 'The Bleeding Edge'](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/a6/66/6fc2246dfe28fe93b4ec50467ff4.jpg)
The Peggy Lillis Foundation and Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy co-sponsor a showing of this hard-hitting documentary, to be hosted by The South Nassau Unitarian Universalist Congregation Social Action Committee.
![Claim: NY State Hospitals Ranked 48th Out of 49 in Safety](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/b8/75/5c143f2a460f8f454d26f232a4a9.jpg)
But Is a "Good" Hospital Score a Guarantee of Safe Care?
Editorial by Ilene Corina, President, Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy
![Pulse CPSEA Launches a New Kind of Patient Safety Education](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/59/5a/dea1c2156b3e33f9b3ae4b3942de.jpg)
"Patient Activation Through Community Conversations" helps people learn from each other.
![Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education and Advocacy Releases New Tool for Protecting and Supporting Patients in Hospital](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/f9/ba/73756eb224530d7413e4d35863f8.jpg)
Patient safety nonprofit develops worksheet for families.
![Pulse Center for Patient Safety to Host "ASK for Your Life" Event Promoting Equality in Health Care](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/08/35/dd1a7fa0cf269dab81c61d211434.jpg)
December 2nd workshop aims to empower Black Americans to counter bias.
![Opinion: The 'Opioid Crisis' Needs More Than a Public Health Emergency Declaration](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/f2/79/390bb4b7763728bbf5cb1bcceeeb.jpg)
By Ilene Corina, President, Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy
![Long Island Group Focuses on Bias in Healthcare to Improve Patient Outcomes](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/fd/39/1412d63a697ddd5fed95430689ac.jpg)
Raising awareness about implicit racial bias and unequal treatment.
![Pulse Center for Patient Safety Hires Public Affairs Graduate Oscar Bruce for ASK for Your Life Campaign](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/be/ff/c547ee56ac9b91a54bed57754e3a.jpg)
![Pulse Center for Patient Safety Marks First Anniversary of Orlando Nightclub Shootings With Art, Film and Memorial](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/d7/fc/00742e27440da4a0215b8d531ffe.jpg)
![Infection Prevention Experts Talk Patient Safety at Pulse CPSEA Annual Symposium](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/6e/fc/bf3202378cfcc2cac7f5cf88937b.jpg)
Three leaders in preventing healthcare-associated infections discuss how patients can stay safer in hospital.
![Special Invitation for Healthcare Reporters](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/3e/e3/055a080e6a8fd2eb450c0cf12700.jpg)
Interview Infection-Prevention Experts at Pulse CPSEA's Spring Symposium, 'Infection Prevention: It Begins with You!'
![Special Invitation for Healthcare Reporters](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/3e/e3/055a080e6a8fd2eb450c0cf12700.jpg)
Interview Infection-Prevention Experts at Pulse CPSEA's Spring Symposium, 'Infection Prevention: It Begins with You!'
Who will be YOUR advocate when you need one? Join with a friend or family member and see how to work together.
Editorial by Patient Safety Educator Ilene Corina, President, Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy (formerly PULSE of NY)
![Who's Watching? Comment on the Joint Commission's Recent Report, From Pulse CPSEA's Ilene Corina](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/f2/79/390bb4b7763728bbf5cb1bcceeeb.jpg)
Report finds oversight in hospitals may reduce number of deaths; can families and patient advocates achieve a similar result?
![Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Support Means Individuals Will Pay Less to Attend Upcoming Infection-Prevention Conference](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/83/82/a546d514ccbe73415565962d6d96.jpg)
Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy can offer $10 "People's Price" to attend symposium — while seats last.
![Rock-Bottom Discount on May 1 Infection Prevention Event Offered to Members of the Public](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/3e/e3/055a080e6a8fd2eb450c0cf12700.jpg)
Pulse CPSEA extends $10 "People's Price" for community members — while seats last.
![Conflict Resolution Expert Steve Goodstein to Brief Professionals for Patient Safety Meeting on Communication in Health Care](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/b7/20/e438c117072ba39144512c0436ae.jpg)
![Pulse Board Member Marissa Abram Cited as a Rising Star in Nursing by Modern Healthcare's "Excellence in Nursing" 2017 Awards](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/0d/25/c2bc928c80a38f31288b4393d8af.jpg)
![Make Your Giving Tuesday Donation a Gift to Patients and Families](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/c0/59/d2d58c2a027c431809d56c8f6b9e.jpg)
On Giving Tuesday, we need to support efforts to help keep patients and families safe from medical error.
![Pulse Family-Centered Patient Advocacy Training to Be Offered at Hofstra University](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/3d/23/e66e1bee3694d3307341ec434551.jpg)
Training helps prevent harm from medical error.
![Pulse Center for Patient Safety Conducts Bias Research Project with Women of Color](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/7b/c1/f5cd2f469e3597b641d25153e548.jpg)
![Media Release: New Members Join PULSE Board of Directors](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/f1/21/6020fd8fc565f8d29f727b91a309.jpg)
New Board members join The PULSE Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy (formerly PULSE of NY).
![PULSE's Ilene Corina Comments on Rehab Patients Safety Survey Report](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/3d/d9/9031865a974debd6771eafdcf403.jpg)
Patient safety expert Ilene Corina, head of the PULSE Center for Patient Safety Education and Advocacy, comments on the just-released report from the HHS Office of the Inspector General which gives a poor patient safety score to care provided to Medicare patients in many rehab centers.
![How Safe Are Patients on Long Island? PULSE Center for Patient Safety to Host July 25 Webinar](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/1c/29/945f72c9501b63620b2a7682964b.jpg)
Patients on Long Island suffer harm related to their health care on a daily basis. What is the current state patient safety? How can it be improved? The public is invited to take part in an online video conference hosted on July 25 by the PULSE Center for Patient Safety Education and Advocacy.
PULSE of NY's summer training in patient safety will take place over three dates in August.
![Editorial: Enough Is Enough](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/3d/d9/9031865a974debd6771eafdcf403.jpg)
Opinion by Ilene Corina, President, PULSE of NY
Endoscopies carry risks — of infection or complications from sedation. New techniques and products can reduce those risks. David Schwartz, a proponent of public education about these new methods, will speak about this to the next Professionals for Patient Safety meeting on Long Island.
![Media Briefing: Medication Safety Expert Michael Cohen Explains Risks and Solutions at PULSE of NY Symposium](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/af/7c/c95cadff97b815d2628d19705380.jpg)
Medication errors and misuse are among the most common sources of harm to patients. Medication safety expert Michael R. Cohen recently explained the risks and solutions to a symposium hosted by patient safety education and advocacy group PULSE of NY. (Photo: Michael Cohen with PULSE President Ilene Corina.)
This is Patient Safety Awareness Week, when the nation focuses on keeping patients safe from harm while they are treated. Get involved, get trained, and learn about medication safety.
![OPINION: Who Is Unaffected by Medication Error?](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/da/58/088cfd86467bf939101aefe5a0a5.jpg)
A conversation between a doctor and Ilene Corina of PULSE of NY reveals that even a lucky escape from medication error isn't without consequences.
Long Island drug abuse highlights medication safety issues to be discussed at expert forum.
![2016 PULSE of NY Spring Symposium to Tackle Medication-Related Harm](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/c2/e5/071c63f8a0f6d2c4828f5f9bbcff.jpg)
Annual patient safety conference to focus on medication errors and misuse in 2016.
![PULSE of NY Marks World AIDS Day With "HIV/AIDS: Dispelling the Stigma" Brochure](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/b9/84/81b2e7d8dd3fc018d6056d09d25c.jpg)
Long Island's patient safety advocacy and educational organization PULSE of NY yesterday marked World AIDS Day by announcing an informational brochure aimed at helping HIV-positive people and their families reduce the stigma that still surrounds the disease.
Patient Safety Group Helps Young Mothers Learn When to Call Emergency Help
PULSE of NY patient safety event will feature David Marx, creator of "Just Culture" concept for improving healthcare workplaces.
![Medicare Penalties on Hospitals Reinforce PULSE of NY Message on Public Involvement in Patient Safety](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/5c/1d/06f8d325c01e58a69f79587d6549.jpg)
Medicare penalties on payments to hospitals with poor patient safety highlight the problem. Family involvement in promoting best practices is part of the solution.
![PULSE of NY Says Womens' Healthcare Council Meeting Spotlights Two Keys to Saving Lives: Culture Change and Patient Engagement](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/1a/68/216ccdd175c335e09d9111a9a94e.jpg)
A recent meeting of the Council on Patient Safety in Women's Health Care highlighted healthcare culture change and patient engagement as key to better patient safety.