New data show that hospitals’ and health systems’ relentless focus on safety and quality improvement is paying off for ...
State and federal quality metrics that focus on in-hospital mortality for sepsis patients may unfairly penalize safety-net hospitals, according to a study published May 31 in JAMA Network Open. Past ...
In 1999, the Institute of Medicine Committee on Quality of Health Care in America published “To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System” — an investigation into the prevalence of medical errors ...
The American Hospital Association has released a report finding that hospital and health system performance on key patient safety and quality measures was better in the first quarter of 2024 than it ...
A physician from the Pikeville Medical Center spoke to the Pikeville Rotary Club on Dec. 2 about the facility’s sepsis ...
Sepsis is a leading cause of death and disability and a key target of state and federal quality measures for hospitals. In-hospital mortality of patients with sepsis is frequently measured for ...
Across the U.S., health care-acquired infection rates are showing continued improvement after a major spike during the pandemic, Leapfrog Group program analyst Alex Campione said in a recent interview ...
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, a division of HHS, has partnered with other federal agencies and health systems to create a national safety alliance as part of broader commitments from ...
The Biden administration met World Patient Safety Day with a blitz of new programs, panel discussions and commitments from government agencies as well as healthcare industry organizations all focused ...
In a confirmatory model adjusted for baseline illness severity, the precision immunotherapy approach was associated with ...
Jeff Surges is a board member and former CEO of RLDatix, a leading global provider of connected healthcare operations software and services. Unsafe care is a global public health issue. According to ...
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