Higher copayments, which are supposed to make patients think twice before ordering unnecessary care, may also be stopping them from getting the care they need, according to a research study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Patient Safety & Outcomes
California has fined 13 hospitals for medical errors that caused or were likely to have caused serious injury or death to patients in 2008 and 2009, according to a release from the California Department of Public Health.
Anesthesiologists at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., have developed a simple, but highly effective patient surveillance system that has decreased the number of rescue calls and ICU transfers in postsurgical patients, according to a news release from the American…
Anesthesiologists at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., have developed a simple, but highly effective patient surveillance system that has decreased the number of rescue calls and ICU transfers in postsurgical patients, according to a news release from the American…
The emergency department is one of the most critical departments within a hospital because a hospital's overall perception is largely dependent of the success or failure of its ED, says Quint Studer, founder of the Studer Group. As recent media…
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One example of the Cleveland Clinic's increasing use of digital technology is the electronic reminders it sends to anesthesiologists to carry out a patient safety task, according to Marc Harrison, MD, chief medical operations officer at the clinic.
A new study by Johns Hopkins researchers suggests that limiting the depth of sedation during procedures could safely cut the risk of postoperative delirium, a state of confusion that can lead to long-term health problems and cause some elderly patients…
Anthem Blue Cross will finance a $6 million patient safety collaboration with California's three regional hospital associations, according to a release from Anthem.
Medline Industries, the nation's largest privately held manufacturer and distributor of healthcare products, has been named the exclusive distributor for ClearCount Medical Solutions' SmartWand-DTXTM and SmartSponge System, the only FDA-cleared systems using radio-frequency identification to both count and locate surgical…
Patients that are obese should be aware of possible challenges when it comes to administering anesthesia during surgical procedures, according to a report in HealthDay.