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NewsMedical errors could be exposed with appeals court decision
Medical errors could be publicly exposed with an upcoming Illinois Appellate Court case decision, reports American Medical News. The state had sued Walgreens to retrieve incident reports of Read more...
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 Read more...
Hospital mistakes kept secret
Despite the shift toward more transparent healthcare, an investigation by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution revealed some hospital mistakes, such as patient suicides, sexual assaults, and surgical Read more...
IOM to monitor patient safety risk in health IT
With an estimated 44,000 to 98,000 lives lost each year due to medical errors at hospitals, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) is turning its attention specifically to patient safety as it relates to Read more...
The buzz around Lean Six Sigma at hospitals
You may have heard that Lean Six Sigma is catching on with hospitals and other healthcare providers. This business management strategy specificially addresses process flow and waste issues while Read more...
Hospital staff coordinates to reduce noise, improve satisfaction
Various studies indicate that background noise in hospitals often interferes with recovery; makes hospitals an unhealthy, stressful work environment; and even contributes to medical errors. Read more...
Providers don't report errors, fearing embarrassment, trouble
Even though 90 percent of providers witness near-misses or errors, most clinicians don't report them because they are embarrassed and don't want to cause trouble, according to a new survey by Johns Read more...
New resident duty hours to cost teaching hospitals $1.3B
It's been more than two months since the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) shortened resident shifts to 16 hours, with the hope of improving patient safety. Yet that Read more...
Can mandatory checklists actually improve patient safety?
In the world of healthcare, the medical checklist has become a superstar. In essence, it seems like a simple, easy-to-use method that has been used by hospitals for functions such as preventing Read more...
Hospitals use new ER strategies to reduce errors
Hospitals are revamping their emergency departments with new triage systems and separate ED areas to reduce medicals errors, missed or delayed diagnoses, and improve doctor-nurse communication, Read more...
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