Quality & Errors

What is your process for communicating to the medical staff and other clinical staff when there is a shortage of a particular medication?Read More »

Despite some unique challenges, safety-net hospitals are achieving strong patient satisfaction results by focusing on compassionate care and...Read More »

The Association for Healthcare Accreditation ­Professionals (AHAP), in its most recent poll of members, targeted the concept of patient flow in...Read More »

Mountain States Health Alliance's (MSHA) Franklin Woods Community Hospital (FWCH) in Johnson City, Tenn., is just over two years...Read More »

Hospital readmissions are a complex problem. Now that reimbursement is affected, the issue is getting more attention, but...Read More »

A medical center with long emergency department wait times is running a pilot study to test whether telemedicine can connect doctors to the...Read More »

According to a recent study by American International Group (AIG), an international insurance company, the largest barrier to patient safety is...Read More »

The more disordered a nursing unit is with its staffing, the more turnover and costs will go up. A thorough assessment and overhaul of...Read More »

Operating under the assumption that the government is moving toward enacting reimbursement penalties for all-cause readmissions, some hospitals...Read More »

In just about every hospital, there is at least one person devoted to keeping patients safe from medication errors every step of...Read More »