Health Care Safety news from FierceHealthcare
NewsProviders pledge to use less radiation
Healthcare providers are aiming to stop the overuse of radiation on patients during medical exams through a nationwide campaign--Image Wisely--launched this week at the Radiological Society of North Read more...
Boston hospital discloses wrong-side surgery
A surgeon at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center operated on the wrong side of a patient this week--and in a rare act of transparency, hospital officials disclosed the event promptly in an e-mail to Read more...
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