Patient harm is a common discussion topic among healthcare practitioner and patient safety advocates, but despite that overwhelming concern, most don't have a lot of confidence in their current tech...

In November 2013, when Richard Shannon, MD, arrived to his newly appointed position as executive vice president of health affairs at the University of Virginia (UVA) Medical Center in Charlottesvill...

In a research report released in May by The RAND Corporation, entitled Promoting Patient Safety Through Effective Health Information Technology Risk Management, researchers from RAND Health, ECRI Ins...

In light of a 2014 WHO report, one infectious disease expert is calling for more stringent oversight along with aggressive stewardship....

Experts outline changes to tracking and prevention of ventilator-associated events, along with hand hygiene best practices and commentary from The Joint Commission....

President Barack Obama last week announced a national strategy to prevent the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria....

The Joint Commission is adding a new patient safety-focused chapter to its accreditation manual and has redesigned the chapter on sentinel events....

Upcoming HCPro webcast will describe how to build patient safety and quality programs that measure and improve clinical and financial outcomes....

A Glendale, California hospital has agreed to pay $700,000 in civil penalties to settle a lawsuit accusing the facility of dumping a homeless patient on skid row in June....

MRSA and CLABSI updates are coupled with a new commentary on horizontal and vertical infection prevention approaches....