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Surgeons still tired despite duty hour limits
Fatigued residents have a 22 percent greater risk of causing a medical error than alert, well-rested doctors, according to a new study, which found surgeons were tired half of their waking hours, operating on less than 80 percent mental effectiveness. What's more, a quarter of the time their fatigue was tantamount to being legally drunk.
Safety experts, celebrities want aviation-like agency to protect patients
Patient safety experts and celebrities are calling for an independent agency modeled after the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to better protect patients, American Medical News reported ....
Leapfrog: CPOE detects more medication errors
There has been a major improvement in the ability of hospital computerized physician order (CPOE) systems to detect medication errors, according to the Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit organization that
'Top 100 hospitals' ahead of peers in health IT
A new report from HIMSS Analytics, the research arm of the Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS), shows that the top 100 hospitals in Reuters' annual survey for 2009 and 2010
Joint CDC-ACS patient safety initiative to rely heavily on EHRs
A new collaboration between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American College of Surgeons (ACS) to prevent surgical site infections (SSIs) and other adverse outcomes
EHRs may help guide appropriate off-label prescribing
Up to one in nine physician prescriptions may be for off-label use of medications, a recent Canadian study suggests, opening the door to preventable medication-related harm in patients. The study,
No harm campaign saves health system $10M
It was a "zero-defect, no-excuses" approach to healthcare outcomes that helped Henry Ford Health System save millions for the Southeast Michigan health system. With a commitment to patient safety and
Security lapses risk patient safety, federal funds at hospital
Security problems that jeopardize patient safety could cost Ohio's Adena Medical Center millions of dollars in federal Medicare funding, the Lancaster Eagle Gazette reported . In addition to unguarded
Hospital files for bankruptcy after patient safety violations
Following a recent investigation into patient safety violations of Saint Catherine Medical Center , owner Saint Catherine's Hospital of Pennsylvania filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday, the
Infection rates fall 60% with children's hospital collaboration
Children's hospitals across Ohio are finding that collaboration has improved care quality. After teaming up in 2009, the eight participating hospitals saw surgical site infections drop 60 percent and
