Quality & Errors

A study published in the April edition of the Journal of Hospital Medicine combines the principles of real-time feedback and financial...Read More »

This is the final installment of a three-part series in which the authors introduce the idea of workforce analytics and its impact on...Read More »

The Joint Commission extended the mandatory reporting of the Perinatal Care performance measure set from 1,100 births per year to a minimum of 300...Read More »

A Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority report found that mistakes involving patients with special dietary needs are more common than expected.Read More »

The National Patient Safety Foundation has released new guidelines designed to help hospitals use root cause analysis to investigate medical...Read More »

CMS has proposed new quality metrics, but healthcare providers are raising doubts about the measures.Read More »

A new Hastings Center report is critical of the patient satisfaction surveys used by CMS to assess healthcare providers.Read More »

A new study found that return visits to the emergency department (ED) have doubled and are more costly than initial ED visits.
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Mass General researchers reveal the importance of social media presence and its impact on quality care and patient safety...Read More »

The 2014 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities report, released by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in April, found that...Read More »