A Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center study found that anesthesia providers often fail to clean their hands during surgical procedures.
A New York Times report found that patient safety is severely lacking in U.S. military hospitals, with many patient deaths going unreported.
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Updated scores from The Leapfrog Group shows a 6.3% overall improvement in scores, and highlights Maine as one of the top states for patient care
Some argue that the AHRQ survey doesn't paint the full picture
System administrators say quality reporting using third-party measures "will raise the bar for all of us"
