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News14 hospitals to pay $850K fines for foreign objects, medication errors
Fourteen California hospitals, including Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Scripps Memorial Hospital, Sutter Solano Medical Center, and University of California San Francisco Medical Center, face thousands Read more...
Lifespan hospitals investigated for med errors of 2,000 patients
Five Rhode Island hospitals operated by Lifespan are under investigation for allegedly instructing 2,000 discharged patients to take the wrong forms of medications, reported the Associated Press Read more...
Babies' deaths spur investigation of pediatric hospital
Seattle's Children's Hospital is being investigated by the state's Department of Health following the deaths of two babies under the hospital's care in two days, reports the Seattle Times. The first Read more...
Residents' inexperience, fatigue concern physicians and the public
A new study by researchers at University of California at San Diego provides some of the hardest evidence yet for a phenomenon physicians have long referred to as the "July effect": a spike in Read more...
Doctors more likely to 'cut corners' when interrupted, impacting patient safety
Physicians are more likely to cut corners to "catch up for lost time" when they're frequently interrupted, putting patient safety at risk, according to a study published online today by Quality and Read more...
Technology drastically reduces medication errors, but poor history-taking ups mistakes
Hospitals that deploy bar-coding technology with an electronic medication administration record (eMAR) may prevent an estimated 90,000 medication errors per year, according to Dr. Eric G. Poon, Read more...
Boston hospitals cut medication errors
By integrating their computer systems and improving their processes, Brigham & Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital of Boston were able to cut down on medication errors during the Read more...
Study: Patient-controlled pain meds cause harm more often
A new study has concluded that when patients receive intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (PCA)--which allows them to control their own pain medication--they face risks not typical of other Read more...
Study: Single rooms should become standard for new hospitals
Have you noticed, lately, that when hospitals and health systems announce a new facility, it usually comes with private rooms? That's not a coincidence. Increasingly, hospital planners are reaching a Read more...
CA hospitals fined for dangerous deficiencies
The California Public Health Department has announced that it has fined 18 hospitals $25,000 per violation for deficiencies in their performance, citing them for administrative problems that could Read more...
| Press ReleasesCardinal Health Launches Innovative Barcode Administration Solution to Help Hospitals Bridge Gaps in Medication SafetyCompany Unveils BarCode360™ Safety Optimizer at ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting & ExhibitionNEW ORLEANS, Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- At this week's 46th Annual Midyear Clinical Meeting and Read more >> Medical Center Selects McKesson’s Pharmacy Automation to Advance Safety InitiativesBar-code scanning solutions expected to improve efficiency and patient safety ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sanford USD Medical Center, the largest hospital in South Dakota, has installed McKesson’s Read more >> Smiths Medical Receives 510(k) U.S. FDA Clearance for Wireless Version of the Medfusion® 4000 Syringe Infusion SysteST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Smiths Medical, a leading global medical device manufacturer, announced today it received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Read more >> VCPI Announces Decision Point™ Outcomes Dashboard for Skilled Nursing Facilities: Commercially Available in Q4 2011New Executive Reporting Tool Provides a Comprehensive, High-Level View of Clinical Outcomes MetricsMILWAUKEE, Sept. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- VCPI, in conjunction with PointRight Inc., announces the Read more >> GAO Report on For-Profit Nursing Homes: Deficiencies Swell, Direct Care Staffing Declines, Profit Margins SoarWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, Brian Lee, Executive Director of Families for Better Care, called the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) findings related to the quality of care in Read more >> |
