Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety 2024 Annual Report (13 February 2025)

Summary

The Betsy Lehman Center have published their 2024 annual report, underscoring the need for more comprehensive information and coordinated action on safety to drive down the incidence of preventable harm to patients. 

The report also points to ways in which preventable medical harm contributes to costs, stresses a health care system already operating at capacity, aggravates health inequities, and contributes to burnout and attrition among health care workers. 

Content

Use the links below to navigate to key sections of the 2024 annual report: 

• 30 years after Betsy Lehman’s death, preventable harm happens every day in health care settings across Massachusetts 
• The consequences of unsafe care strike patients and families first before rippling across the system, impacting cost, capacity and equity 
• Information about patient safety outcomes in Massachusetts falls far short of what everyone needs to know 
• Game-changing action is necessary…and is now possible 
• From paper to impact: Initial Roadmap action steps 
• Looking ahead: Momentum is building for new thinking and approaches