Why Healthcare Safety is a Data Problem

In a conversation with John Lynn of Healthcare IT Today, August Calhoun explains that improving patient safety requires treating it as a data challenge, not just a reporting exercise. He highlights how incidents create both serious patient harm and major financial impact, and argues that health systems need integrated, streamlined platforms that connect safety, workforce, compliance and operational data so they can uncover root causes, reduce the “tax” of too many disconnected tools and continuously improve processes across the organization.