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• Hospital Mistakes, Infections on Decline After Obamacare: DHHS Report

  May 8, 2014

  Martha Garcia

  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 readmissions.

• Preventable Nursing Home Mistakes Suffered by 22% of Patients: Report

  March 24, 2014

  Irvin Jackson

  A new governent study finds that a large percentage of nursing home patients are affected by medical and care mistakes that could have been prevented.

• Medical Errors Can Be Reduced With Improved Patient Handoffs: Study

  December 5, 2013

  Martha Garcia

  Better communication when transferring care of a patient from one doctor to another led to less medical errors, according to a new study.

• Medical Malpractice Payments Are Not Driving up Healthcare Costs: Study

  May 15, 2013

  Irvin Jackson

  A new study by Johns Hopkins suggests that the effects of payments made in medical malpractice lawsuits on the cost...