John Wiederspan is well aware of how things can go wrong in the high-pressure, high-stakes environment of an operating room. “During situations such as trauma or a patient doing poorly, there’s a real ...

Most patients at most hospitals receive excellent care and recover from illness, injury or procedures in due course, It's long been known, however, that there is some risk associated with a hospital ...

Patient misidentification continues to pose a persistent safety risk throughout the NHS, yet it remains inadequately acknowledged and researched, a healthcare safety watchdog has warned. A new report ...

Medical billing errors are more common than you might think, but do you look closely enough at your bills to spot them?

Entering orders for the wrong patient is a potentially deadly type of medical error, but the simple step of adding patient photographs to their EHRs can help clinicians avoid this misstep, a new study ...

Resolving logistics issues takes away from the time nurses could be providing care, new survey indicates. Healthcare logistics affects patient care more than most would think, a new survey from ...

If you’re not a professional actively working in the healthcare industry, you probably don’t realize how important medical records are — or how dangerously unreliable they can be. According to Black ...

John Wiederspan is well aware of how things can go wrong in the high-pressure, high-stakes environment of an operating room. “During situations such as trauma, or a patient doing poorly, there’s a ...