Fifteen years after a major Institute of Medicine report, hospitals have made no progress on patient safety, experts told a Senate panel last week.
A New York Times report found that patient safety is severely lacking in U.S. military hospitals, with many patient deaths going unreported.
Data integrity failures with health IT, poor care coordination, and reporting errors associated with test results top list
Updated scores from The Leapfrog Group shows a 6.3% overall improvement in scores, and highlights Maine as one of the top states for patient care
System administrators say quality reporting using third-party measures "will raise the bar for all of us"
Some argue that the AHRQ survey doesn't paint the full picture
Report offers comprehensive look at national and state infection rates, highlighting challenges that still face hospitals
Research shows that a tired workforce leads to poor patient care, although many facilities have yet to embrace the importance of this issue.
A new study found that physicians are overprescribing antibiotics, which researchers say are ineffective in treating acute bronchitis.
