Patient Safety

Sepsis is the cause of death for many influenza patients, O’Brien says. “Annually, there about 200,000 hospitalizations that are associated with...Read More »

The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated the accelerated uptake of technology, says Patty Hayward, vice president of strategy,...Read More »

Lauris V. Freidenfelds, vice president of security risk consulting with Telgian Engineering & Consulting, has been in many...Read More »

A lack of prescription adherence has cost the U.S. more than $524 billion a year due to morbidity and mortality, according to the ...Read More »

The focus on profits in U.S. healthcare is “damaging,” Institute for Healthcare Improvement President Emeritus and Senior Fellow Donald...Read More »

Use this checklist of questions to review and inform your winter emergency preparedness plan.Read More »

An aging and retiring nurse workforce, burnout from the pandemic, and a rapidly greying Baby Boomer population have created a trifecta of staffing...Read More »

Compared to other hospitalized patients, patients with diabetes have longer lengths of stay and higher readmission rates.Read More »

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To a layperson, ultrasound as a tool generally calls pregnancy or abdominal imaging to mind. But as medical practitioners know, ultrasound is much...Read More »