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Patient Safety Courses

Patient safety courses can help you learn risk assessment, incident reporting, root cause analysis, and effective communication strategies. You can build skills in developing safety protocols, conducting safety audits, and implementing quality improvement initiatives. Many courses introduce tools like incident management systems and safety culture assessments, that support applying these skills in healthcare settings.


Popular Patient Safety Courses and Certifications


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    University of Florida

    Fixing Healthcare Delivery

    Skills you'll gain: Patient Safety, Clinical Leadership, Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA), Overcoming Obstacles, Health Systems, Healthcare Project Management, Lean Methodologies, Care Coordination, Teamwork, Initiative and Leadership, Adaptability, Accident Prevention, Leadership, Collaboration, Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), Reliability

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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Houston

    Value-Based Care: Managing Processes to Improve Outcomes

    Skills you'll gain: Value-Based Care, Medical Management, Preventative Care, Care Management, Practice Management, Public Health and Disease Prevention, Case Management, Utilization Management, Interoperability, Primary Care, Health Informatics, Patient-centered Care, Chronic Diseases, Public Health, Electronic Medical Record, Data Management, Health Education

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    45 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Case Western Reserve University

    Take the Lead on Healthcare Quality Improvement

    Skills you'll gain: Healthcare Project Management, Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), Clinical Leadership, Value-Based Care, Patient Safety, Care Management, Teamwork, Collaboration, Innovation, Systems Thinking, Leadership

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Colorado System

    Wilderness First Aid - Traumatic Emergencies

    Skills you'll gain: Splinting, Trauma Care, Emergency Medicine, Wound Care, First Aid, Patient Positioning, Triage, Orthopedics, Patient Evaluation, Emergency Response, Pain Management, Vital Signs, Clinical Assessment

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    SkillUp

    Machine Learning for Healthcare Applications

    Skills you'll gain: Unsupervised Learning, Feature Engineering, Model Evaluation, Applied Machine Learning, Statistical Machine Learning, Predictive Modeling, Supervised Learning, Clinical Informatics, Machine Learning, Health Informatics, Data Preprocessing, Clinical Data Management, Predictive Analytics, Patient Safety, Decision Tree Learning, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Logistic Regression, Forecasting, Classification Algorithms, Dimensionality Reduction

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Johns Hopkins University

    Foundations of Telehealth

    Skills you'll gain: Telehealth, Health Technology, Health Systems, Health Care, Medical Billing, Health Care Procedure and Regulation, Health Care Administration, Telecommunications, Value-Based Care, Regulatory Compliance, Patient Communication, Patient-centered Care

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    GenAI for Healthcare Ethics

    Skills you'll gain: Informed Consent, Data Ethics, Healthcare Ethics, Medical Privacy, Responsible AI, Healthcare Industry Knowledge, AI Security, Generative AI, Health Information Management, Patient-centered Care, Patient Safety

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Minnesota

    Aromatherapy: Clinical Use of Essential Oils

    Skills you'll gain: Contraindication, Pain Management, Nursing Practices, Clinical Practices, Patient Safety, Clinical Research, Stress Management, Patient Education And Counseling, Regulatory Compliance, Science and Research

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Duke University

    Telehealth: Neurologic Assessment

    Skills you'll gain: Neurology, Telehealth, Patient Evaluation, Patient Education And Counseling, Health Technology, Clinical Assessment, Health Assessment, Patient Safety, Health Care, Care Coordination, Patient Treatment, Health Informatics, Telecommunications

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Agentic AI Content for Practitioners (Teams: Healthcare)

    Skills you'll gain: Clinical Documentation, Responsible AI, Agentic Workflows, Healthcare Project Management, Data Governance, AI Security, Clinical Research, Regulatory Compliance, Data Validation, Health Informatics, Artificial Intelligence, Agentic systems, Data Ethics, Clinical Data Management, Automation, Decision Support Systems

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Microsoft

    Microsoft Azure AI in Healthcare

    Skills you'll gain: Clinical Informatics, Patient Education and Support, Microsoft Azure, Clinical Monitoring, Health Technology, Image Analysis, Data Visualization Software, Generative AI, Microsoft Teams, Machine Learning, Health Informatics, Healthcare Ethics, Medical Imaging, Predictive Analytics, Azure Synapse Analytics, Cloud Computing Architecture, Model Evaluation, Cloud Computing, Medical Equipment and Technology, Clinical Data Management

    Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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    Illinois Tech

    Digital Healthcare Informatics and AI

    Skills you'll gain: Health Informatics, Clinical Informatics, Technology Roadmaps, Patient Flow, Public Health, Health Systems, Innovation, Health Care, Healthcare Project Management, Systems Integration, Data Analysis, Health Policy, Medical Terminology, Emerging Technologies, Data Management, Data Governance, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Machine Learning, Regulatory Compliance, Natural Language Processing

    Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular patient safety courses

  • Fixing Healthcare Delivery: University of Florida
  • Value-Based Care: Managing Processes to Improve Outcomes: University of Houston
  • Take the Lead on Healthcare Quality Improvement: Case Western Reserve University
  • Wilderness First Aid - Traumatic Emergencies: University of Colorado System
  • Machine Learning for Healthcare Applications: SkillUp
  • Foundations of Telehealth: Johns Hopkins University
  • GenAI for Healthcare Ethics: Coursera
  • Aromatherapy: Clinical Use of Essential Oils: University of Minnesota
  • Telehealth: Neurologic Assessment: Duke University
  • Agentic AI Content for Practitioners (Teams: Healthcare): Coursera

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