Quality & Errors

A new report from The Joint Commission finds that U.S. hospitals are improving patient safety and quality when treating patients for common...Read More »

Logic says that electronic health records (EHR) should be a huge boon to healthcare quality. Up-to-date recordkeeping, real-time data, less...Read More »

Logic says that electronic health records (EHR) should be a huge boon to healthcare quality. Up-to-date recordkeeping, real-time data, less...Read More »

A quality measurement that focuses on patient symptoms and overall quality of life is poised to take on a greater role in patient...Read More »

Historically, insurers and healthcare providers haven't had the most harmonious relationship. Competing business interests typically...Read More »

In 2012, a fungal meningitis outbreak was linked to the New England Compounding Center (NECC) in Framingham, Massachusetts, that...Read More »

Although overall antibiotic usage in U.S. hospitals has remained steady, the rate of powerful, broad spectrum antibiotics has...Read More »

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) sent a report on October 13 to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) urging for better...Read More »

Six Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP) grantees have been given $13.4 million to test new pediatric quality measures over the next four...Read More »