By MARIA CASTELLUCCI, Modern Healthcare, June 28, 2019. About a quarter of hospitals fail to meet the Leapfrog Group’s standards in addressing serious patient harm events should they occur, according to a new report…. Read More
By DENISE GRADY – The New York Times. Hospitals make money from their own mistakes because insurers pay them for the longer stays and extra care that patients need to treat surgical complications that could… Read More
A mix of flawed systems and complacency have resulted in patient harm, experts say. By Wendy Ruderman, The Philidelphia Inquirer, Nov. 15, 2023. Six years ago, a nurse at a Tennessee hospital accidentally gave a… Read More
Article Summary: Many hospital medication cabinets can be searched by inputting only a few letters which results in a drug mix-up and causes patient harm. By Brett Kelman, KHN, Apr 29, 2022. More than four… Read More
I’ve got a friend, I’ll call him George, who, for several months, experienced an intense pain on his side. Turned out to be a kidney stone. George had dealt with them before and passed each… Read More
Editorial Note: You may not have to pay that hospital bill at all. See this. The content of this article is based on the author’s opinions and recommendations alone. Health problems put a strain on...
The following is an abridged version of the Patient’s Hospital Safety Guide app (sample screenshots above), which is available from the App Store for iPhones and soon Google Play Store for Android phones. The content is similar however the...
Article Summary: Hospitals have unnecessarily performed too many elective procedures and tests in a study conducted among Medicare patients. By: Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, May 04, 2021. During the height of the pandemic, many health… Read More
By Leah Binder, for Forbes. Apr. 9, 2021. We should rely on hospitals as premier authorities on protecting people from health hazards like infections and injuries. After all, they hire exceptionally smart and credentialed staff… Read More
Article Summary: People with COVID-19 symptoms in March and April were often billed for expensive scans and bloodwork because they didn’t qualify due to strict testing criteria. By Julie Appleby, KHN, Jul 07, 2020. Fresh