The Time to Invest in Patient Safety is Now

Dr. David Westfall Bates, principal investigator of the SafeCare study, discusses the importance of investing in innovative patient safety technologies that can both improve care and the bottom line.

"Most organizations know a lot about what they're spending, but they know very little about what the costs of the harm that they create are," he says. "Organizations who lead in investing in technologies that help get ahead of improving safety will be better off, and I think it's time to make that move."

Watch this short interview to learn more about the true cost of adverse events, as well as the steps that clinical leaders can take now to get ahead of harm.