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The Joint Commission has released its proposed 2009 National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs), and as one quality expert has opined, "It probably contained no surprises."
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After a year of reviewing applications from multi-stakeholder organizations across the country, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has selected the first 14 communities to be designated Chartered Value Exchanges (CVEs).
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A relatively small percentage of hospitals in the United States have a strategic approach to preventing urinary tract infections (UTIs), according to a study recently published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases.
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While hand washing is strongly emphasized as a patient safety strategy, a new study published in the January 2008 issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology1 indicates that hand washing alone may not be enough to ensure lower infection rates.
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PA hospitals address preventable errors; Two insurers to stop paying for hospital errors; Study says low use of outpatient rehab after MI
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An estimated 400,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, an unpredictable neurological disease that can cause blurred vision, loss of balance, poor coordination, fatigue, and even paralysis and blindness.
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is thought to be an autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS).
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The unpredictable nature of multiple sclerosis (MS) presents challenges for both caregivers and patients who may wake in the morning with no symptoms and then find themselves fatigued and experiencing pain or cognitive problems in the afternoon.
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Six Sigma projects at Sharp HealthCare hospitals have dramatically shortened the time that elapses between the time that discharge orders are written and the time the patient leaves the acute care setting.
