The Institute of Medicine sent waves racing across the surface of American healthcare when it published To Err Is Human in 1999. The unsettling...Read More »
At the end of March, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced its third global safety initiative, the Global Patient Safety Challenge on...Read More »
In May 2017, the CDC released its new guideline for surgical site infection (SSI) prevention, the first such update since the turn of the century...Read More »
Editor’s note: By the time the general public hears about an impaired clinician, whether it’s a nurse, technician, or physician, it’s usually...Read More »
To say readmissions are a big deal in medicine is a massive understatement. The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) was enacted in 2010...Read More »
Over the course of one weekend in May, more than 300,000 computers in 150 countries were held hostage by a ransomware virus called “WannaCry.” The...Read More »
This is the first year that all 50 states have adopted some form of telemedicine coverage. Telemedicine is the remote diagnosis and treatment of...Read More »
