The federal government, hospitals and health insurers are working together to reduce the high incidence of preventable readmissions, which the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality says clocks in at 4.4 million annual, according to a Wall Street Journal news…
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Four patient safety bills, aimed at increasing transparency at hospitals, are awaiting action, according to a Las Vegas Sun news report.
Here are 10 reports recently published by the Becker's family of publications on studies concerning patient safety and quality of care issues.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has created three free, downloadable posters relating to sharps safety to help healthcare facilities prevent needlesticks and other sharps-related injuries to healthcare personnel.
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has signed into law the Patient Safety Act of 2011, which allows the implementation of a prescription drug monitoring program aimed at stamping out prescription drug abuse, according to a Bryan County News report.
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Twelve California hospitals have been penalized with varying fines for failing to meet licensing requirements that caused or was likely to cause serious injury or death to patients, according to a department news release.
N.J. Assemblyman Herb Conaway Jr., MD (D-Burlington County), the only physician in the New Jersey Legislature, has introduced legislation that would require licensing for one-operating room surgery centers, according to Jeffrey Shanton, chair of the advocacy and legislative affairs committee…
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the National Council on Patient Information and Education have released a new pamphlet which providers can use to help their patients reduce medication errors and understand how to take medicines safely.
The Center for Ambulatory Surgery in Westport, Conn., has been fined and placed on probation by the state's health department for multiple safety and procedural violations, according to a report from the New Haven Independent.
The Agency for Healthcare Research Quality has published a fact sheet offering 20 tips to help prevent medical errors in children.