Healthcare organizations have focused on improving patient outcomes for years. Lately, however, the impact of diagnostic errors on outcomes has come under more intense scrutiny. Some research suggests ...

Including an identification re-entry function into a computerized order entry system may help reduce the event of wrong-patient errors in the neonatal intensive care unit, according to a study ...

Use of an advanced EHR system could reduce patient safety events, according to research from Carnegie Mellon and the ECRI institute, which examined patient safety outcomes due to advanced EHR ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Misdiagnosis is a somewhat common phenomenon in medicine, occurring in about 10% of cases. Physicians can teach ...

John Wiederspan is well aware of how things can go wrong in the high-pressure, high-stakes environment of an operating room. “During situations such as trauma or a patient doing poorly, there’s a real ...

Recognizing the urgent need for a broad-based effort globally to reduce errors in medical diagnosis, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on all stakeholders to "Get it right, make it safe!" ...

Healthcare safety remains a critical concern across the United States, and Maryland is no exception. As medical procedures become more complex, so do the risks tied to human error, system failures, ...

"We’ve shown in a number of studies that every one point increase in burnout [as measured by a survey] increases the risk of a medical error in the next three ...

Mock-jury participants favored the plaintiff less often with AI-assisted double reads than with single reads, implying AI workflow design can meaningfully influence perceived radiologist culpability.

John Wiederspan is well aware of how things can go wrong in the high-pressure, high-stakes environment of an operating room. “During situations such as trauma, or a patient doing poorly, there’s a ...