For the second time in less than six months, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is being questioned on its ability to regulate the safety of...Read More »
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finally published its Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain on March 15. However...Read More »
A new set of guidelines was released this February, highlighting the successes of evidence-based, multimodal pain-care for post-op patients....Read More »
On February 24, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Robert Califf, MD, as the new Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner. The Senate vote in...Read More »
A report released by a leading patient safety organization emphasizes the importance of safety culture as part of a broader call for healthcare...Read More »
For the last two years, healthcare organizations have been working to comply with the first phase of The Joint Commission's alarm management...Read More »
ECRI Institute has revealed its top 10 list of health technology hazards for 2016, and for those of us working in patient safety and quality,...Read More »
For the last several years, there has been a startling mortality trend emerging in the United States: Each year, middle-aged white Americans are...Read More »
For the last several years, there has been a startling mortality trend emerging in the United States: Each year, middle-aged white Americans are...Read More »
How prepared are you for the Joint Commission’s new Patient Safety Systems (PSS) chapter? The most recent PSS chapter came into effect on January...Read More »
