The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is in trouble, having recently been written out of the 2016 Health and Human Services budget.Read More »
A survey of patients affected by medical errors found that a lack of trust in the healthcare system could lead patients and families to pursue a...Read More »
The Joint Commission extended the mandatory reporting of the Perinatal Care performance measure set from 1,100 births per year to a minimum of 300...Read More »
A Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority report found that mistakes involving patients with special dietary needs are more common than expected.Read More »
The National Patient Safety Foundation has released new guidelines designed to help hospitals use root cause analysis to investigate medical...Read More »