Category: Quality

We want to know: patient comfort speaking up about breakdowns in care and patient experience.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Fisher KA, Smith KM, Gallagher TH, Huang JC, Borton JC, Mazor KM. BMJ Qual Saf. 2018 Sep 29; [Epub ahead of print].

Colorado hospital installs NASA-inspired machine to aid in patients’ recoveries

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3 ways hospitals can promote safe injection practices

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Congo reports 24 Ebola deaths in 1 week

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Source of 127 polio-like illness is still a mystery, CDC says

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Kansas reports 2 flu deaths

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Alabama hospital clears CMS inspections after death of improperly restrained patient

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Discharging heart patients on weekends not linked to higher readmission rates, study finds

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Stanford scientists use bioinformatics to trace hospital-acquired bloodstream infections to patients’ digestive tracts

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Influential Leapfrog Group Jumps In To Rate 5,600 Surgery Centers

In the wake of a KHN/USA Today Network investigation, Leapfrog will check the safety and quality of outpatient centers.