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Missed diagnoses in the ED are often considered to be unfortunate errors on the physician's part-the symptoms just weren't obvious or clear enough and the underlying cause was simply missed. However, ...

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U.S. Department of Health and ­Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced a new ­patient safety initiative, Partnership for Patients, in April. ...

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AHAP would like to remind any members who would like to participate in our upcoming benchmarking survey on restraints use that there is still time....

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In patient safety and quality, there is no shortage of data and information that needs to be gathered from an inpatient stay. Data are collected for compliance with federal quality-of-care measures, f...

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