In 1999, the Institute of Medicine Committee on Quality of Health Care in America published “To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System” — an investigation into the prevalence of medical errors ...
What risks does digital healthcare pose for patient safety? Nick Woodier from the Health Services Safety Investigations Body ...
Patient safety challenges are exacerbated by healthcare workforce challenges. However, a workplace culture focused on measuring what goes wrong and making changes to address root causes – powered by ...
Thirty Kansas hospitals recently received grades from an independent watchdog group that assigns letter grades to hospitals ...
FORT BRAGG, NC -Womack Army Medical Center (WAMC) has received an “A” score from Leapfrog, a national nonprofit organization ...
Despite improvement efforts over the past 30 years, patient safety and preventable harm incidents remain significant challenges in the healthcare industry. According to a 2023 study in the New England ...
One cyberattack can mean the difference between life and death. Every week, another headline exposes the terrifying reality that, in today’s digitally driven healthcare environment, cybersecurity ...
Despite recently being ranked as one of the best hospitals in New Jersey, Cooper University Health Care hospitals have also been given a less-than-stellar score for safety. Both Cooper University ...
The Fresno hospital, which is part of the Community Medical Centers system, also scored well in preventing safety problems such as dangerous bed sores, dangerous blood clots and air or gas bubbles in ...
Charles Denham, MD, of the Texas Medical Institute of Technology, reflects on what healthcare providers can do to intensify efforts toward increasing patient safety. In an article published in Journal ...
The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade shows which hospitals in Louisiana have an 'A' grade when it comes to patient safety, and which scored low.
Baumeister’s balance of patient safety and genuine connection, even in the busiest of circumstances, led to her being honored ...