Patient safety is an important issue in healthcare, especially in the public sector. Studies show that every day up to 10 patients are harmed while receiving treatment in stroke rehabilitation departments in hospitals in the United States alone. Patient safety refers to mechanisms aimed at preventing patients from harm while receiving healthcare services in hospitals. The issue of patient safety is usually associated with factors such as medication errors, wrong-site surgery, healthcare-acquired infections, falls, diagnostic errors and readmissions. Patient safety can be improved through strategies such as improving communication within hospitals, increasing patient involvement, reporting adverse events, developing protocols and guidelines, properly managing human resources, l education of healthcare workers on the need for patient protection and leadership commitment to the task. This document talks about patient safety and how it can be improved in stroke rehabilitation departments of public and private hospitals. Organizational Goal/Objectives for Patient Safety Every hospital is committed to ensuring that its patients in stroke rehabilitation departments and other facilities are safe from any form of harm that may occur due to the negligence of healthcare workers. First, every hospital integrates quality and safety approaches into its daily operations to promote and improve the safety and quality of its environment and services, respectively (Garban, 2011). This is usually complemented by other strategies intended to improve organizational knowledge to improve overall efficiency and productivity. Some hospitals provide additional training to their healthcare staff to ensure they effectively incorporate...... middle of paper ......nurses: how to prevent harmful events and promote patient safety. Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Co. Snell, S., & Bohlander, G. W. (2013). Manage human resources. Andover: Cengage Learning. Spurgeon, P., Burke, R. J., & Cooper, C. L. (2012). The innovation imperative in healthcare organizations: critical role of human resource management in the cost, quality and productivity equation. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.Watcher, R. (2012). Understand patient safety. New York, NY: McGraw Hill Professional.Williams, M. (2007). Comprehensive hospital medicine. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders. Wu, A. W. (2011). The value of close calls in improving patient safety: Learning to avoid and mitigate patient harm. Oakbrook Terrace, IL: Joint Commission Resources. Youngberg, B. J. (2013). Patient Safety Manual. Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett Learning.