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Informative Articles and Press Releases for
Patient Safety & Advocacy
Explore our collection of Informative Articles designed to deepen your understanding of patient safety and effective healthcare advocacy. These carefully curated resources provide essential knowledge, practical strategies, and expert insights that can help protect you and your loved ones during healthcare encounters. Staying informed is one of the most powerful tools in preventing medical errors and ensuring quality care.
Before the articles, you will also find a series of Press Releases to keep you updated on our growth throughout the year. We regularly update both of these sections with new perspectives, emerging research, and valuable lessons from the field of patient safety—bookmark this page and return often to expand your advocacy toolkit and join our community of empowered healthcare consumers.
Press Releases
Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy Announces 2026 Family-Centered Patient Advocacy Symposium
Westbury, NY — Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy (Pulse CPSEA), a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to improving patient safety through education and advocacy, is proud to announce its 2026 Family-Centered Patient Advocacy Symposium , scheduled for March 26–27, 2026 , at the Viana Hotel & Spa in Westbury, New York . The symposium, themed “What Is a Patient Safety Advocate and Why It Matters to You!” , is a two-day intensive training designed for
Pulse CPSEA People for Patient Safety Seminar to Address Ageism
“Ageist” medical decisions include improper diagnosis and medication errors The next online seminar in Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy’s “People for Patient Safety” (PPS) series will feature patient advocate and end-of-life doula Jacquelen “Jackee” Namwila addressing the ways in which “ageism” — discrimination or prejudice against the old — can threaten the safety of eldercare. The virtual seminar will take place via Zoom on December 8, 2025 at 7:00pm, ES
Pulse CPSEA President Ilene Corina to Address 200+ Influential Healthcare Leaders at Forbes Healthcare Summit
Annual event will see launch of Forbes Top Hospitals List and Ratings Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy is pleased to announce that its founder and President Ilene Corina, BCPA, will address an audience of more than 200 of the most influential healthcare leaders and entrepreneurs at the Forbes Healthcare Summit in New York on December 4 th , 2025. Ilene Corina, BCPA Corina will tell the audience of CEOs, policy makers, scientists and investors how a trag
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Giving Tuesday? Give Us a Break!
Aren’t you glad? Giving Tuesday came and went, and Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy didn’t badger you for days or weeks with urgent pleas for help. But it is true that community financial support is the lifeblood of small non-for-profit organizations such as Pulse. So if you feel like showing your gratitude for not being guilt-tripped over recent weeks, and want to help Pulse’s efforts to reduce harm from medical error, please do donate. A lot or a li
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Dorothy’s daughter, Lilly, is away at college.* Her first year, and 500 miles away. Dorothy is confident that her Lilly will make good choices and be a good student. Dorothy doesn’t worry about her daughter until, after Lilly is away just a month, she gets a phone call from her daughter’s roommate who tells her that there was a car accident and Lilly is in the local hospital with a head injury. As her husband packs a bag to get on the road, Dorothy calls the hospital to fin
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Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy Announces 2026 Family-Centered Patient Advocacy Symposium
Westbury, NY — Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy (Pulse CPSEA), a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to improving patient safety through education and advocacy, is proud to announce its 2026 Family-Centered Patient Advocacy Symposium , scheduled for March 26–27, 2026 , at the Viana Hotel & Spa in Westbury, New York . The symposium, themed “What Is a Patient Safety Advocate and Why It Matters to You!” , is a two-day intensive training designed for
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Pulse CPSEA People for Patient Safety Seminar to Address Ageism
“Ageist” medical decisions include improper diagnosis and medication errors The next online seminar in Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy’s “People for Patient Safety” (PPS) series will feature patient advocate and end-of-life doula Jacquelen “Jackee” Namwila addressing the ways in which “ageism” — discrimination or prejudice against the old — can threaten the safety of eldercare. The virtual seminar will take place via Zoom on December 8, 2025 at 7:00pm, ES
Dec 2, 20251 min read
Pulse CPSEA President Ilene Corina to Address 200+ Influential Healthcare Leaders at Forbes Healthcare Summit
Annual event will see launch of Forbes Top Hospitals List and Ratings Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy is pleased to announce that its founder and President Ilene Corina, BCPA, will address an audience of more than 200 of the most influential healthcare leaders and entrepreneurs at the Forbes Healthcare Summit in New York on December 4 th , 2025. Ilene Corina, BCPA Corina will tell the audience of CEOs, policy makers, scientists and investors how a trag
Nov 26, 20251 min read
TakeCHARGE Campaign Moves to Step 5: “Choose an Advocate for Yourself, Be an Advocate for Others”
Every sick or injured patient needs a well person to safeguard their interests. The 2025 TakeCHARGE Campaign (5 Steps to Safer Health...
Aug 7, 20252 min read
Pulse Analysis: “New York’s Healthcare System Is Reaching a Breaking Point,” says Insurance Specialist James Donnelly
James Donnelly Premium spikes, insurer withdrawals and exploding medicaid spending spark alarm over patients' safety With health...
Jul 9, 20252 min read
Marc Berlin (BCPA) Joins Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy Board
Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy is pleased to announce that Marc Berlin, Board-Certified patient advocate and owner...
Jun 24, 20251 min read
Press Release: Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy Announces Board Appointment of Maria Rodriguez
Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy is delighted to announce the appointment of Maria Rodriguez to its Board. Ms....
May 16, 20251 min read
Press Release: Pulse Family-Centered Patient Advocacy Training Unites Patient Advocates, Experts and Family Caregivers
On Thursday and Friday, March 27-28, 2025 Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy held the latest edition of its...
Mar 31, 20251 min read
Press Release: “A Great Program” -2024 Pulse Advocate Training Attendee
2024 Graduates “A great program” was just the shortest of the evaluations Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy received...
Mar 4, 20251 min read
Press Release: Rants of a Patient Safety Advocate 2nd Edition: More Stories from the Bedside
Ilene Corina, BCPA, a leading national educator and campaigner for patient safety, has published a second, expanded edition of her...
Jan 7, 20252 min read
ARE YOU THINKING OF BECOMING A PATIENT ADVOCATE?
December 2024 Are you thinking of becoming a professional, independent patient advocate in the new year because you have cared for others...
Dec 4, 20243 min read
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