American Medical News Articles on Patient Safety

The policy comes as slightly more women choose to deliver at home, where babies face a higher death risk compared with infants born in hospitals.

A major hospital network requires employees to get vaccinated or wear a mask. More than 90% chose immunization.

An MGMA-ACMPE survey suggests that administrative skills, patient satisfaction and lower readmission rates will play a bigger role in job responsibilities — and maybe compensation, too.

More attention should be given to the complex patient safety problem of mistakes in diagnosis, experts say.

Health care is experiencing a major overhaul, and practices face the brunt of the changes. Careful planning is needed to guide practices through it all.

An ACA-created nonprofit organization will direct $68 million to increase the capacity of comparative effectiveness research.

Bonuses soon will run out and be replaced by pay cuts for noncompliance, but physicians and the Medicare agency are exploring alternatives to stop reductions.

A House panel says the agency didn’t do enough to prevent a meningitis outbreak linked to compounded medications. The FDA says it needs more regulatory authority.

Injuries and deaths can occur when too many beeping devices numb doctors and nurses to potential dangers.

Connected coverage — selected articles on trends, challenges and controversies in the changing world of medicine.

The initiative aims to counter the hectic pace in emergency departments that can lead to fumbled transitions of care.

A comprehensive evidence review narrows the field of targets to prevent harm. These are things hospitals should be doing to protect patients.

Discontinuing the treatment is common and has been linked to increased risk of cardiovascular events and death in patients with coronary artery disease.

A new report says only $29 was spent per enrollee on efforts concerning patient safety, hospital readmissions and medical errors.

The carmaker's approach to continuous quality improvement yields results at hundreds of cardiac care units. “Lean management” also improves primary care, proponents say.