Patient Safety

The California Department of Public Health last week fined 12 hospitals after investigations found the facilities caused patient deaths or serious...Read More »

A Journal of the American Medical Association article calls on physicians to work together and take a leadership role in efforts to...Read More »

A new study finds that unnecessary prescribing of antibiotics is often due to disagnostic mistakes.
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In public discussion, workplace violence often receives top billing as a hospital situation that is preventable?or at least should be...Read More »

Recent carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE) outbreaks at two Los Angeles hospitals have raised serious questions regarding reprocessing...Read More »

Fifteen years after the Institute of Medicine's landmark report, To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System, the National Patient...Read More »

More and more, accrediting and regulatory bodies are focusing on behavioral health and how it impacts overall patient care, as are many experts...Read More »

ECRI Institute’s annual list of top patient safety concerns is topped by alarm hazards, problems with electronic health records, and patient...Read More »

As measles cases increase across the country, some physicians are adopting a hardline stance against unvaccinated patientsRead More »

Although transparency is often met with fears of litigation, experts identify four domains where quality improvement relies on...Read More »