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Cancer patients silent on reporting problems to hospital
Many cancer patients don't speak up when it comes to reporting potentially harmful events to their physician or nurse or the hospital administration, according a study in the Journal of Clinical
Hospital workers don't report 86% of patient harm events
Hospital workers reported only about 14 percent of the patient-safety incidents experienced by Medicare beneficiaries discharged in October 2008, according to a new report from the Office of the
Blame-free culture means more error reporting
As many patient safety advocates have proposed, a non-punitive, anonymous error reporting culture yields more reports, according to a recent study published in Pediatrics. In fact, a pediatric clinic
Survey: Adverse-event reporting systems not being used effectively
A new survey from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality underscores the fact that while it's one thing to collect quality data, it's quite another to make sure it gets used properly. The
