Advancing health care safety in Massachusetts

Our mission is to drive investment, action, and transformative change in health care safety. Our motivation is patients like Betsy Lehman.

Our story

Featured work

The Center’s current work aligns with the groundbreaking Roadmap to Health Care Safety for Massachusetts. This unprecedented strategic plan establishes goals, strategies and actions for eliminating preventable harm, breaking through the barriers that have stood in the way of progress for decades.

Our strategy

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Join the pilot: automated adverse event monitoring

Apply to be a pilot site for new technology that detects patient harm in near real time, dramatically improving safety.

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Peer support for health care professionals

Need help coping with the stresses of working in health care today? The Virtual Peer Support Network can match you with a colleague in Massachusetts for peer-to-peer support.

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Communication, Apology and Resolution (CARe)

CARe is a model for more promptly, fairly, and compassionately meeting the needs of patients who have been harmed.

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Improving health care safety education

The Center is leading the effort to develop a statewide safety curriculum and educational standards for health care professionals.

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Patient Safety Beat

Patient Safety Beat is the Betsy Lehman Center’s monthly email newsletter reporting on health care safety news and updates on progress across Massachusetts.

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March 2025

Q&A with Bryan Sexton on ​“bite-sized” well-being interventions

February 2025

State House briefing highlights safety agenda

January 2025

Betsy Lehman Center annual report focuses on investments in safety

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Upcoming Board Meeting

January 15, 2025, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Virtual meeting via Zoom