Open communication with patients after medical errors decreases emotional impacts and diminishes patient avoidance of doctors and organizations involved in errors, new research indicates.
Build off any protocols you already have for handling extra-busy days at your emergency department (ED) to create a patient surge plan that can seamlessly expand as needed during a local disaster.
The largest sepsis study every conducted with Medicare data found a 40% increase in the rate of Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with the deadly infection from 2012 to 2018.
In December, The Joint Commission (TJC) released Quick Safety Issue 52: Advancing Safety With Closed-Loop Communication of Test Results. Closed-loop communication means that every test result is sent, received, and addressed in a timely manner, and the patient is notified of...
Cardinal Health this week said it has launched "two voluntary field actions" for Cardinal Health Presource® Procedure Packs containing gowns that were part of its recent recall of AAMI Level 3 surgical gowns.
A new report from medical liability insurer Coverys takes a close look at the growing epidemic of opioid addictions and the high-severity injuries, including death, that the problem causes every year.
