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Emergency Department Safety

The Maryland Patient Safety Center (MPSC) knows that Emergency Departments are working tirelessly on ED wait times and throughput issues. MPSC offers tools to help reduce harms that are occurring as a result of overcrowding and boarding, which can negative effects on patient care, mortality, morbidity, patient satisfaction, and quality of care. The physical and moral harm experienced by ED staff is also substantial.

Join MPSC throughout the year for virtual webinars, patient safety tools courses, confidential and protected roundtable discussions for shared and experiential learning, and safety reviews tailored for high priority adverse events in the Emergency Department.

ED Safety Series

This series of easy-to-consume virtual webinars will highlight emerging patient safety trends and issues of critical need in the Emergency Department. The webinars will identify innovative strategies and implementation techniques to support ED teams in meeting their quality and safety goals and harm reduction.

Safety Series webinars are held from 12:00 – 1:00 pm ET and are FREE for MPSC Members. Registration fee for Non-members is $45.

Safe Tables

Safe Tables are a shared learning forum for peers to exchange patient safety experiences, discuss best practices, network and learn from each other in an open, uninhibited and legally protected environment.

Safe Tables are open and FREE to MPSC members only and are held in-person from 1:00 – 3:00pm ET.

Patient Safety Tools

Many healthcare professionals, particularly quality and safety leaders, use a variety of patient safety tools and techniques daily to ensure the delivery of highly-reliable care; but these tools also offer implementable, effective, and practical applications for front-line healthcare workers to improve patient safety systems and processes.

Patient Safety Tools courses are held virtually from 12:00 – 2:00 pm ET and are FREE to MPSC Members. Registration fee for Non-members is $79.

Explore Our New Learning Management System

We’re excited to launch our new Learning Management System (LMS), your one-stop hub for education and training. Easily register for and access live webinars, view recorded sessions from our Patient Safety, Medication Safety, Emergency Department Safety, and Perinatal Safety Series, and track your learning progress. You can even generate transcripts and revisit sessions that align with your quality improvement goals, all in one convenient platform. Access our new LMS today!

Download 2024/2025 list of Patient Safety in the Emergency Department courses

MPSC operates a listserv for healthcare professionals with an interest in Emergency Department safety. The listserv offers a network for shared and experiential learning and is used by MPSC to share upcoming events and information specific to safety in this specialty. MPSC members may use the listserv to pose questions to the group in order to garner feedback, solutions, and gain consensus on topics related to quality and safety in the ED. Please contact mpsc@marylandpatientsafety.org to be enrolled.