Quality & Errors

As the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, medical errors just don't seem to be going away. Many healthcare professionals agree...Read More »

In August, the National Quality Forum (NQF) endorsed 41 new measures of pediatric care quality covering a wide range of child...Read More »

True or False: A hospital may use some discretion when developing its list of sound-alike/look-alike medications used by the facility.Read More »

True or False: Heparin should be administered continuously, via a programmable pump, intravenously.Read More »

The 10th annual National Quality Colloquium in Cambridge, MA, focused on patient engagement and provider accountability during...Read More »

Complete this sentence: On an inpatient psychiatric unit, staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, __________ is one of the most frequently...Read More »

The Institute for Safe Medical Practices (ISMP) recently updated its “List of Confused Drug Names”Read More »

The American Hospital Association’s (AHA) TrendWatch has released a recent report looking at hospital readmissions and what quality of care...Read More »

This fall, The Joint Commission Center for Transforming­ Healthcare will release its Targeted Solutions Tool™ addressing wrong-...Read More »

Most of the time when a patient is ill, an x-ray, scan, or lab test is needed to obtain more precise information to understand...Read More »