Preventable Hospital Errors Identified In Nearly 7% Of Admissions in New Study
While nearly 25% of patients are likely to suffer adverse events in the hospital, many of those may be preventable, according to the findings of a new study.
While nearly 25% of patients are likely to suffer adverse events in the hospital, many of those may be preventable, according to the findings of a new study.
A new report shows that there has been a decline in the rates of hospital mistakes that lead to patient harm, with the Affordable Care Act also helping reduce hospital…
Six million Americans are harmed every year by medical misdiagnoses, according to the findings of a new study.
Preventable hospital mistakes kill an estimated 400,000 Americans every year, according to the findings of a new study.
A new study suggests that hospitals may actually be making a profit after patients suffer complications caused by doctors botching medical procedures.
Medical device alarms play a larger role in hospital injuries and fatalities than previously thought, according to an alert issued by an independent, non-profit healthcare group.
New research suggests that hospital medication errors occur more often than once believed, and patients and their families are often not told when one occurs.
Individuals admitted to the hospital after visiting an overcrowded emergency room may face an increased risk of death, according to the findings of new research.
A disproportionate number of poor and elderly black and Hispanic patients are served by the nation’s worst hospitals in terms of care and cost, according to the findings of a…
A Baltimore County jury has awarded $1.44 million in a Maryland wrongful death lawsuit filed against a hospital and several doctors that failed to properly treat a case of sepsis,…