The recent decision by CMS to not reimburse for medical services related to certain preventable healthcare-acquired conditions has led many hospitals to try to implement effective patient safety ...

What does it take to transform an entire health system into a national leader in patient safety? Hartford HealthCare didn’t just ask the question — they answered it.

Kaiser Permanente has launched "Patient Safety Initiative at America's Public Hospitals,” a program designed to enhance patient safety programs at public hospitals to ensure safe, high-quality care ...

The Society of Hospital Medicine, the society representing more than 31,000 hospitalists and the hospital medicine specialty, has implemented several successful patient safety initiatives that have ...

One highly specialized area that is equally a function of hospital operations and security is patient watches. With the continual rise of drug and alcohol related emergency department (ED) visits and ...

Dawn Evans is the Director of Clinical Education and Patient Safety at Barton Health. To learn more about quality and patient safety at Barton, or view current safety ...

New Aetna Rx Check® Programs Will Further Promote Patient Safety by Helping to Prevent Drug Misuse and Avoid Unnecessary and Potentially Dangerous Interactions HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aetna ...

Mandy Gerlach, COO of Coral Gables, Fla.-based Baptist Health South Florida’s Outpatient Services, joined Becker’s to discuss how her team builds a culture where every employee feels empowered to ...

BENTON, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HD Nursing, the leading patient safety solution that combines predictive analytics with individualized fall and pressure injury prevention, announces its collaborative ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services do not reimburse fall-related costs, so falls represent a significant cost burden for hospitals. In a new study at two health systems, the average total ...