Editor's note: Previously, Sena Blickenstaff, BSN, MBA, principal with Compass Clinical Consulting, discussed how leadership can influence culture to improve patient safety. This month, she continues the discussion to target longer-term fixes and how regulatory and...

Report offers comprehensive look at national and state infection rates, highlighting challenges that still face hospitals

It's an easy, if incorrect, argument to make: More errors could be prevented if everyone was simply more careful. But humans are fallible, and the most careful provider will eventually have a near miss or even an actual medical error. So how do we shift the culture away from individual blame...

A new study found that physicians are overprescribing antibiotics, which researchers say are ineffective in treating acute bronchitis.