They rarely get the attention paid to never events, but errors involving missed, delayed or incorrect diagnoses are the most common, costly and dangerous mistakes made, researchers say. FULL STORY »
Researchers used secretly recorded conversations between doctors and patients to prove a point they said seemed intuitive: That clinical outcomes can improve when the “contextual factors,” or circumstances, behind patients' nonadherence to treatment plans are addressed. FULL STORY »
It's long been an article of faith among certain healthcare reformers that soaring national healthcare costs can be constrained by making patients more aware of the cost of their own episodes of care. Price awareness by physicians could have similar effects, according to a team of researchers from... FULL STORY »
By Maureen McKinney | April 13, 2013
| Print Magazine
The cacophony of beeps coming from patient monitors, infusion pumps and other alarm-equipped devices can desensitize clinicians and lead to serious adverse events—even deaths. FULL STORY »
By Rich Daly and Jessica Zigmond | April 10, 2013
| Basic Web
(Story updated) President Barack Obama's highly anticipated fiscal 2014 budget released Wednesday proposes $5.6 billion in Medicare payment cuts for that year and about $400 billion in total federal healthcare savings over the next decade. FULL STORY »
Limiting first-year medical residents to a 16-hour work shift was intended to improve patient safety while enhancing the educational experience, but two studies suggest the opposite may be occurring. FULL STORY »
Healthcare innovation doesn't happen overnight, or even within three years. Read about the Top 5 innovations happening in healthcare delivery right now. FULL STORY »
More patients waiting for a kidney transplant could be getting the organ they need if a greater number of transplant centers worked in concert with other centers through programs that match living donors with compatible recipients. FULL STORY »
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