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Inspector General: Never events go unreported
Hospitals fail to report serious adverse events to accrediting bodies, according to a Tuesday report by the Inspector General, reports USA Today. With hundreds of hospital errors unreported, Medicare
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
AAP: Patient safety means admitting mistakes
Limiting harm to patients means not only preventing errors, but also reporting and learning from adverse events when they do occur. That's the American Academy of Pediatrics' message in a new policy
