At least 10% of patient safety events stem from poor communication among healthcare workers, patients and caregivers, according to a meta-analysis published April 14 in Annals of Internal Medicine.
Two new studies published in Anaesthesia analyzing pain and other factors connected with day surgery in the UK show that ...
This article is part of a partnership between First Opinion and Tradeoffs, a nonprofit news organization exploring our confusing, costly, and often counterintuitive health care system. To learn more ...
Despite decades of calls for more attention to patient safety in hospitals, people undergoing surgery still have high rates of complications and medical errors, a new study finds. More than a third of ...
A new UCLA study reveals that a widely used federal hospital safety metric is fundamentally flawed when applied to emergency ...
Harmful diagnostic errors may occur for as many as one in every 14 hospital patients receiving medical care, a new study based on a single medical center in the U.S. has found. As many as 85 percent ...
TROY, Mich.: 18 Dec. 2023 — Patients are not getting timely access to doctors while in the hospital, according to the J.D. Power 2023 U.S. Hospital Patient Satisfaction Study, SM released today. The ...
The risk of dying is six times higher among patients who become short of breath after being admitted to hospital, according to research published today (Monday) in ERJ Open Research [1]. Patients who ...
A study finds higher nurse turnover significantly raises patient falls in U.S. acute care units, highlighting workforce stability's role in safety.
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