Quality & Errors

In 2004, at the American College of Surgeons (ACS) conference in Boston, Joseph B. Cofer, MD, FACS, professor of surgery and the surgery...Read More »

In what could be called one of the better Sentinel Event Alerts (SEA) released in recent years, The Joint Commission has taken aim at tubing...Read More »

The Joint Commission reviewed 394 sentinel events during the first half of 2014, according to statistics released by the accreditor.Read More »

With a few simple interventions, New Hanover Regional Medical Center saw a 22% decline in patient falls and $500,000 in savings...Read More »

New study looks at severity of adverse events among different surgical categories and how that data impacts quality improvement...Read More »

A Durham, North Carolina ophthalmologist and hospital were found negligent by a jury after a drug mix-up during cataract surgery left a patient...Read More »

The fiscal year 2015 IPPS final rule devotes a substantial amount of its updates to hospital quality improvement efforts.Read More »

A new study found that hospitals need to improve their medication reconciliation processes.Read More »

A surgical quality collaborative in Tennessee allowed 10 hospitals to reduce surgical complications by nearly 20% since 2009, saving at least 533...Read More »

Eight California hospitals were fined a total of $775,000 by the state for preventable medical errors that put 10 patients in immediate jeopardy...Read More »