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Hospital staff afraid to speak up about medical errors
Most health professionals are reluctant to report errors, fearing a punitive hospital culture, according to a recent Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) report . Out of the more than
Tips to acquire, develop talent for quality improvement
Healthcare organizations can take a page out of the human resources (HR) playbook by hiring and retaining talented staff, leading to quality improvement, according to recent summary released by the
AHRQ: Less than half of hospitals have nonpunitive culture, safe handoffs
In its annual patient safety report, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) stressed the areas for hospital improvement are implementing nonpunitive cultures, improving handoffs, and
AHRQ: Hospitals give themselves high marks for patient safety
Hospitals generally seem to be pleased with current patient safety efforts, as 75 percent of respondents to the latest Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) survey on patient safety
Medication, drug-related hospitalizations skyrocket
Hospital admissions among Americans ages 45 and older for medication and drug-related conditions doubled between 1997 and 2008, according to a report by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
