Two new research studies released this month found that better collaboration with community-based caregivers is the best way to reduce hospital readmissions....

Fill in the blank: Orders in which the dose is decreased by a particular amount with each dosing interval is called a ___________....

In 2004, at the American College of Surgeons (ACS) conference in Boston, Joseph B. Cofer, MD, FACS, professor of surgery and the surgery residency program director at the University of Tennessee Col...

In what could be called one of the better Sentinel Event Alerts (SEA) released in recent years, The Joint Commission has taken aim at tubing misconnections in its August 20 release of "Managing...

Does your organization have a formalized process for debriefing after an adverse event? And if so, is it working? For many organizations, reporting of adverse events can be problematic, with challen...

The Joint Commission reviewed 394 sentinel events during the first half of 2014, according to statistics released by the accreditor....

With a few simple interventions, New Hanover Regional Medical Center saw a 22% decline in patient falls and $500,000 in savings....

New study looks at severity of adverse events among different surgical categories and how that data impacts quality improvement....

A Durham, North Carolina ophthalmologist and hospital were found negligent by a jury after a drug mix-up during cataract surgery left a patient with severe eye damage....

The fiscal year 2015 IPPS final rule devotes a substantial amount of its updates to hospital quality improvement efforts....