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A review by Johns Hopkins researchers recently published in the journal Critical Care, says although it's clear that use of aviation-like safety checklists based on scientific evidence can work and that more hospitals should use them to help prevent errors…

The owners of Orthopedic Specialists DME in Corpus Christi, Texas, and an orthotist were convicted on charges of a complex healthcare fraud and kickback scheme in which they attempted to defraud both the federal and Texas Medicaid programs out of…

A moratorium on procedures at Fort Myers (Fla.) Endoscopy Center has been lifted after the center submitted an acceptable plan to Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration to correct a number of patient safety violations at the center, according to…

The Joint Commission has revised its Universal Protocol for Preventing Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure and Wrong Person Surgery to clarify a site marking rule, according to a release by The Joint Commission.

Certain patients with inflammatory bowel disease, which includes ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease of the colon, have an increased risk of developing colorectal cancer compared to individuals without IBD, which necessitates an individualized and sensible approach to CRC surveillance in…

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