Patient Safety & Outcomes

The cause of the controversy in which tens of veterans were put on waiting lists for specialty care at VA hospitals and died before they were seen is due to "deep-seated management problems" involving inadequate staffing and poor appointment tracking,…

According to a recent IntelliCentrics blog post, here are some strategies healthcare leaders can use to improve hospital safety.

  Super-users, or patients who visit an emergency department more than 10 times in a year, have high rates of substance abuse and addiction, according to a study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

In a blog post, Greg Goyne, vice president of marketing at IntelliCentrics, shared seven ways hospital and health systems leaders can promote a culture of safety within their organization.

MHA Keystone selected ArborMetrix to measure clinical performance in obstetrics for improving patient safety and quality of care.

A new survey from Jackson Healthcare shows that while nurses are generally satisfied with their work, they have a negative future outlook due to staff shortages and increases in patient volumes.

According to survey findings recently published in the Journal of Aging and Social Policy, the majority of nursing home administrators believe pay-for-performance does not improve quality of care.

While hospital crowding is known to decrease quality of care, researchers may have isolated a definitive percentage at which patient mortality risk is adversely affected.

Hospitals are in the midst of a readmission crisis. When CMS announced its first round of penalties at the start of fiscal year 2013, more than 2,200 hospitals were hit with cuts ranging from 0.01 to 1 percent of their…

TeleTracking will partner with The Joint Commission to host a webinar called  “Worker Fatigue: Implications for Patient and Staff Safety.”