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Johns Hopkins researchers say they have uncovered an unintended consequence of the move in recent years to reduce the legend-arily long and onerous work hours of interns. Shorter work hours can increase the risks of patient handoff, they say.
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A study on 74,000 patients in 74 US intensive care units found that using antibacterial soaps and ointment on all intensive care patients can reduce infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
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Youve had that experience before: You say something innocuous and someone takes umbrage. You meant no harm. Indeed, you did not mean it the way they took it at all.
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If healthcare of the past was about how much you do, then healthcare of the future is about making sure you do it well and for a good price.
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News: This case involves a 24-year-old single father who was involuntarily committed to the hospital for severe depression, including suicidal and homicidal ideations.
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When nurses feel safe admitting to their supervisors that theyve made a mistake regarding a patient, they are more likely to report the error, according to an international team of researchers.
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Low patient safety scores from The Leapfrog Group have some hospitals crying foul and claiming that the groups data is old and the scoring methodology flawed. If you didnt get the score you were hoping for, should that be cause for alarm, or can you dismiss it?
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The Leapfrog Group updated its Hospital Safety Scores in November 2012, five months after the first scores were released. More than half of the hospitals received the same score as in June 2012, and 23% earned a higher grade.
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Texas researchers are calling for a national strategy to address patient safety in electronic health records (EHRs).
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The Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM) and the Cautious Patient Foundation have announced a collaboration to help patients avoid diagnostic errors in their own care.
