Patient Safety

A California physicians organization is finding that more doctors are dismissing patients because they are uncooperative, refuse to comply with...Read More »

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued ten penalties this week to California hospitals – and fines totaling $675,000 – after...Read More »

One energetic hospitalist, lamenting a "vast culture of overuse and waste," is working with a team to rid his hospital of some unnecessary...Read More »

Medication safety as a concept seems simple. To ensure patients safely receive the right medication and dose, implement proven...Read More »

Test staff knowledge on The Joint Commission's Infection Control standards with the following questions. Answers may be found on...Read More »

There's been a lot of buzz—and a lot of articles—about hospitals that are using the micro-blogging site Twitter to describe surgeries in real...Read More »

Some hospitals believe they can't afford investing in assistive technologies that improve patient safety and protect nurses from injury. Can...Read More »

Test staff knowledge on The Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals with the following questions.

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The general public have a particular image of nursing in their heads. It's a caring individual at a patient's bedside giving...Read More »

The general public have a particular image of nursing in their heads. It's a caring individual at a patient's bedside giving...Read More »