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.

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Pulse CPSEA’s Sharon McDermott to Speak at People for Patient Safety Meeting on Safety in Acupuncture and Birth Doula Work

Monthly Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy meeting for November What do acupuncture and birth doula work have in common? For some, they are complementary disciplines; both require training and skills; and both are the specialties of Sharon McDermott, M.S., L.Ac ., CBD, owner of https://healthyhealingli.com , a Long Island-based practice offering alternative and herbal therapies. The free, virtual (Zoom) People for Patient Safety (PPS) meeting from Pulse

Any Questions? Pulse Center for Patient Safety Hosts “Open Podium” Zoom Session for the Public

Have you ever had a question about the health care you or a loved one is receiving . . . . but didn’t know who to ask? Now there’s a place to find out what others, who may have had similar experiences, have learned. PACC — Patient Activation through Community Conversations — is a freewheeling discussion on Zoom that is hosted monthly by Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy, the nation’s leading grassroots patient safety education organization. A PACC is n

Pulse Center for Patient Safety’s Karen Campbell to Host “Planning for Aging in Place” Virtual Meeting for Patient Advocates

Planning for aging in place is not easy. A patient advocate can help older people assess their needs, desires and resources and build a plan that takes account of the many moving parts involved. Tonight (October 27, 2025) Karen Campbell, MBA, RScP of Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy will host a session of Advocates Collaborative Educational Series (ACES), “ Planning for Aging in Place: Your Home, Your Community, Your Choice ” devoted to that topic. This is

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Pulse CPSEA’s Sharon McDermott to Speak at People for Patient Safety Meeting on Safety in Acupuncture and Birth Doula Work

Monthly Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy meeting for November What do acupuncture and birth doula work have in common? For some, they are complementary disciplines; both require training and skills; and both are the specialties of Sharon McDermott, M.S., L.Ac ., CBD, owner of https://healthyhealingli.com , a Long Island-based practice offering alternative and herbal therapies. The free, virtual (Zoom) People for Patient Safety (PPS) meeting from Pulse

Informative Articles and Press Releases for Patient Safety & Advocacy

Press Releases

Pulse CPSEA’s Sharon McDermott to Speak at People for Patient Safety Meeting on Safety in Acupuncture and Birth Doula Work

Any Questions? Pulse Center for Patient Safety Hosts “Open Podium” Zoom Session for the Public

Pulse Center for Patient Safety’s Karen Campbell to Host “Planning for Aging in Place” Virtual Meeting for Patient Advocates

Informative Articles

Conflict Resolution

How Do You Choose a Patient Advocate? Do You Actually Need One?

Could One Oversight in Your Health Care Put Your Life at Risk?

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Pulse CPSEA’s Sharon McDermott to Speak at People for Patient Safety Meeting on Safety in Acupuncture and Birth Doula Work

Any Questions? Pulse Center for Patient Safety Hosts “Open Podium” Zoom Session for the Public

Pulse Center for Patient Safety’s Karen Campbell to Host “Planning for Aging in Place” Virtual Meeting for Patient Advocates

Pulse CPSEA President Ilene Corina to Lead Breakout Session at New England Patient Advocacy Conference (NEPAC 2025)

Comedy for a Cause: Pulse CPSEA’s Annual Comedy Night Fundraiser Returns to Bellmore

TakeCHARGE Campaign Moves to Step 5: “Choose an Advocate for Yourself, Be an Advocate for Others”

Pulse Analysis: “New York’s Healthcare System Is Reaching a Breaking Point,” says Insurance Specialist James Donnelly

The TakeCHARGE Campaign Moves to Step #4: Help Prevent Infections — Ask Caregivers to Wash Their Hands

Marc Berlin (BCPA) Joins Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy Board

Bingo! Burgers! A Blast of Fun! Pulse CPSEA to Host Long Island Fundraiser June 13, 2025

TakeCHARGE Campaign Moves to Step 3: Prepare for Doctor or Hospital Visits — Make a List of Questions

Press Release: Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy Announces Board Appointment of Maria Rodriguez

Press Release: Pulse Family-Centered Patient Advocacy Training Unites Patient Advocates, Experts and Family Caregivers

Press Release: Patient Safety Awareness Week: Keep the Momentum Going with Family-Centered Patient Advocacy Training

Press Release: “A Great Program” -2024 Pulse Advocate Training Attendee

Press Release: Patient Advocacy: Pulse CPSEA Offers Training Opportunity for a Growing Profession

Press Release: Are You Prepared to Enter the Healthcare System?

Press Release: Pulse Media Release: Safer Health Care? The Public Can Help Fix the Problem!

Press Release: Pulse Media Release — Patient Safety: Are You Part of The Problem?

Press Release: Rants of a Patient Safety Advocate 2nd Edition: More Stories from the Bedside

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