Why is the risk for transcription error higher when medication orders are given verbally over the telephone? ...

What are the various questions you should ask when assessing a patient to determine which communication aide will work best for this patient? List all that apply. ...

Patient safety advocates say hospitals and public health authorities keep important information about superbugs from patients....

When patients at the VA Medical Center in Portland, Ore., were given access to key parts of their electronic health records such as visit notes, lab results and discharge summaries, they believed th...

Fill in the blank: Patients have both rights and _______________....

During an emergency, the hospital should determine the level of control that is needed for the particular event at hand. How could you control access whole maintaining essential functions?...

Q: Where can I find requirements on patient-centered communication? ...

In the Leapfrog Group's third release of hospital safety grades, overall scores rose minutely, but more hospitals got worse than got better. "So far, these numbers aren't really moving," s...

Despite already being below the national average on patient falls, Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center's staff and leadership still felt falls were happening too often. The small but busy 25-bed criti...

Hospitals are feeling the heat to reduce readmissions, with 2,610 receiving fines from Medicare for having too many patients return within 30 days for more treatment....