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New Orleans coroner says Memorial death will not be reclassified as a homicide
New Orleans coroner Frank Minyard announced that he will not reclassify as a homicide the post-Hurricane Katrina death...
Quantcast Panel urges more choice in birth after C-section
A National Institutes of Health advisory panel said that vaginal birth after caesarean is reasonably safe and should be...
Web Exclusive: Providers Should Get Used To Hand Hygiene Demands
Every week, it seems, there's another story about a creative way to promote self-disinfection. Now the federal...
Learning From Our Mistakes 10 Years After To Err Is Human
As health providers recall the 10-year anniversary of the Institute of Medicine's celebrated wake-up call, "To Err...
How Do You Gain a CFO's Support for Quality and Patient Safety Programs?
As more hospitals cut their budgets, it's important for staff members who work in quality and patient safety to...
Most Hospitals Working Toward Creating Strong Cultures of Safety
This year's Briefings on Patient Safety Culture of Safety Survey results show that while the overwhelming majority...
Web Exclusive: Immediate Jeopardy: Words No Hospital Official Wants to Hear
Medical and administrative executives dread nothing more than to hear that their hospital's failure to comply with...
Study: Flawed handoffs lead to errors
More than half of medical and surgical residents interviewed during a recent Massachusetts General Hospital study said...
Hospital bracelets face hurdles as they fix hazard
New York's 11 public hospitals are at the forefront of a national movement to standardize color coding of hospital...
A basic hospital to-do list saves lives
These days, to spend time in the hospital is to be at risk of contracting a hospital-acquired infection. Some of these...