Abstract: A patient safety system receives remote inputs wirelessly transmitted by a mobile device over a wireless network referred to herein as a patient safety network. The remote inputs indicate information, obtained by the patient safety application, pertaining to a patient safety event. Responsive to receiving remote input indicating a patient safety event category, the patient safety system creates a patient safety data record, comprising a set of predefined fields, corresponding to the patient safety event. In one non-limiting application applicable to patient safety events defined in the AHRQ Common Formats, the mobile device user may initiate the generation of a patient safety database record simply by selecting from a mobile device user interface one of nine patient safety event types defined by the Common Formats and one of three patient safety event levels of severity defined by the Common Formats.