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Harmful Event Detection Misses Problems, Results in Medicare Overpayments, Says OIG
The system that CMS uses to identify hospital-caused incidents that harm patients misses many such adverse events...
Hospital Creates Electronic Medication List to Achieve Consistency, Help Patients
In 2007, The Joint Commission made an addition to Goal #8 regarding medication reconciliation: Along with compiling a...
10 Weird Healthcare Stories of 2009
Healthcare is a huge profession, with millions of medical professionals serving hundreds of millions of people in every...
Medical Confessional Highlights Doctors' Diagnostic Errors
When 310 doctors at 22 U.S. healthcare facilities were asked to anonymously confess the diagnostic errors they made or...
FDA Warns Patients Received Radiation Overdose in CT Scans
An estimated 206 patients at an unnamed healthcare facility have received CT scan radiation doses that were eight times...
Growth in Cross-Cultural Competency Improves Patient Care
Overcoming the cultural boundaries that can divide or prevent a patient-doctor relationship from forming can be a...
Medicare's HAC Policy May Not Save Much Money
A new study shows Medicare's policy against paying for hospital-acquired conditions will only save $1.1 million to $2.7...
Hospital Uses EMRs to Avoid Drug Errors
After her facility experienced a near miss pertaining to look-alike/sound-alike drugs, an Iowan nurse worked to change...
Pitching patient safety and hospital transparency on YouTube
While some experts have warned that the full disclosure approach to medical errors could lead to more lawsuits and...
Conduct an Efficient and Constructive SWOT Analysis
Doctors are more likely to discuss what's going on inside and outside their office if their practice conducts an...