In the classic report To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System, the Institute of Medicine reported that at least 44,000 of the deaths that occur in…
Differences in attitudes among physicians and risk managers about revealing medical errors to patients may diminish the effectiveness of such disclosures, according to a new study published in…
The ECRI Institute has announced its Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2015, which include alarm hazards, mix-up of IV lines, lack of data integrity, and inadequate reprocessing…
We strive to reach the theoretical goal of perfect patient care. But is defect-free health care possible? Or are avoidable deaths from preventable errors inevitable? Sociologist and organizational theorist Charles Perrow describes…
Today’s healthcare organizations need to improve patient safety, which includes effectively communicating information to nurses about safety incidents and how to address them. After all, frontline nurses are…
“Improving Diagnosis in Health Care,” a new report from the Institute of Medicine states “most people will experience at least one diagnostic error in their lifetime, sometimes with…
Standard of care in the ICU – or object of overuse, abuse, and misuse? The authors explain why they believe PA catheter use may harm more critically ill…
Documenting adverse events improves perceptions of safety and may decrease incidents in multi-site clinical practices, according to a study from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania. Read more.
Updated guidelines on end-of-life care To improve the quality of palliative end-of-life care, the American College of Physicians has revised its guidelines. According to the new recommendations, clinicians…
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