In 2015, 1 in 20 adults in the United States experienced a diagnostic error every year; yet by the beginning of 2019, nothing had been done to improve the situation.
In addition to other input, the federal Office for Civil Rights wants to know how the privacy rule might be amended to encourage information sharing among providers.
South Carolina hospitals use a checklist to increase safety in the operating room. As part of a novel program, 14 hospitals in South Carolina reduced post-surgery mortality rates by 22% through the simple act of using a checklist in their operating rooms. The hospitals, which account for almost 40% of the state’s inpatient surgeries, completed…
Spending your day updating electronic health records, researching, and sending emails can be a pain in the neck – figuratively and literally. Here are 8 tips to prevent tech neck.
