medical error

The award is based on several metrics, including; preventing infections, reducing C-sections, use of technology to ensure safer care, and...

The Nashville-based medical center, a key provider of healthcare services in Middle Tennessee, was told it will lose its Medicare...

Nurses must create a culture that encourages family caregivers to speak up about patient safety issues.

Concerned about discrepancies among accrediting organization surveys and its own findings, CMS plans to make deficiency reports more accessible to...

A new set of guidelines features recommendations for nearly a dozen focal points where medication errors can be avoided in...

The ACT for Better Diagnosis initiative that launched this week wants to heighten awareness about diagnostic errors, and give stakeholders...

Poor handoffs, lack of feedback, limited support, and a complex diagnostic process contribute to the thousands of misdiagnosis-related hospital deaths...

A physician failed to include in the medical records a warning that the plaintiff had been diagnosed with a potentially...

A state appellate court cited the terms of a medical malpractice settlement the hospital had signed with the boy's parents.

By video recording nurse-physician interactions, researchers uncover common causes of poor communication.

Recommendations fall into three categories: communication, tracking, and acknowledgement of an information review and associated actions.

Call to action features respecting self-determination in the home setting, promoting safety culture, fostering learning and improvement, overhauling care coordination,...