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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 Spring Symposium: Just 12 Days Left to Save
Early-Bird ticket prices end February 28 There are just 12 days left to benefit from the Early-Bird pricing being offered by Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy on tickets for its annual Spring Symposium, to be held on Long Island, March 26-27, 2026. Pulse president Ilene Corina (BCPA) says, “This is a great opportunity to save money while also guaranteeing you participate in what promises to be an outstanding event. We have a stellar lineup of speakers, bu
National Patient Safety Experts to Speak at Pulse CPSEA Symposium in March
Event will combine leaders’ presentations with patient advocacy training. A strong lineup of prominent figures in the patient safety movement will speak at the upcoming Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy annual Symposium and training event, March 26-27, 2026 on Long Island. The meeting is themed “What Is a Patient Safety Advocate, and Why It Matters to You.” Nationally and internationally recognized speakers will include: Teri Frykenberg RN CCM BCPA,
Amid NY Nurses’ Strike, Pulse CPSEA Advises “Appoint a Patient Safety Advocate Now”
Reduced staffing may raise risks for patients. Wantagh, NY, January 20, 2026 For Immediate Release With the nurses’ strike affecting several major New York hospital groups now in its eighth day, leading patient safety group Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy is advising patients and their families to ensure they have a patient advocate in place. Ilene Corina, Board Certified Patient Advocate and President of Pulse says, “In light of the ongoing nurses' strik
Informative Articles
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
What will you be talking about this Thanksgiving?
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 Spring Symposium: Just 12 Days Left to Save
Early-Bird ticket prices end February 28 There are just 12 days left to benefit from the Early-Bird pricing being offered by Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy on tickets for its annual Spring Symposium, to be held on Long Island, March 26-27, 2026. Pulse president Ilene Corina (BCPA) says, “This is a great opportunity to save money while also guaranteeing you participate in what promises to be an outstanding event. We have a stellar lineup of speakers, bu
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National Patient Safety Experts to Speak at Pulse CPSEA Symposium in March
Event will combine leaders’ presentations with patient advocacy training. A strong lineup of prominent figures in the patient safety movement will speak at the upcoming Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy annual Symposium and training event, March 26-27, 2026 on Long Island. The meeting is themed “What Is a Patient Safety Advocate, and Why It Matters to You.” Nationally and internationally recognized speakers will include: Teri Frykenberg RN CCM BCPA,
Feb 51 min read
Amid NY Nurses’ Strike, Pulse CPSEA Advises “Appoint a Patient Safety Advocate Now”
Reduced staffing may raise risks for patients. Wantagh, NY, January 20, 2026 For Immediate Release With the nurses’ strike affecting several major New York hospital groups now in its eighth day, leading patient safety group Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy is advising patients and their families to ensure they have a patient advocate in place. Ilene Corina, Board Certified Patient Advocate and President of Pulse says, “In light of the ongoing nurses' strik
Jan 201 min read
Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy: Make This Your New Year’s Resolution
If someone told you their New Year’s Resolution was to learn more about infection prevention, critical communication, navigating health care, starting a new career, conflict resolution, medical AI, patient safety and advocacy — and that they planned to do it all in just two days, would you think they were crazy? Not at all: they just bought a ticket for Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy’s 2026 Symposium/Family-Centered Patient Advocacy Training . The lu
Jan 131 min read
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
Dec 30, 20251 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
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