How One Hospital Reduced Costs by Implementing a Patient Safety Program

New Jersey is a pioneer state when it comes to the development and implementation of patient safety programs. Recent data from the AHRQ, or the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, shows that these programs pay off not only in better patient outcomes, but also in terms of finances. The Partnership for Patients The State […]
How Patient Safety Can Be Improved in the ER

The emergency room is often a busy place, filled to the brim with the sick and the injured. The doctors and nurses in these units work under an unimaginable amount of stress, and in some situations, this can have an impact on patient safety. Implementing certain procedures and guidelines, and in some cases even improving […]
How One Hospital Improved Patient Safety with Wristbands

Although a variety of systems have been used over the years when developing hospital wristbands for patients, errors have still been made in the areas of incorrect treatments and prescriptions. As a result, a Milwaukee hospital decided to ensure that some of its tiniest and most vulnerable patients – namely, newborns – are clearly and […]
Ambulance Drivers in the UK Tell It How It Is

When you are injured, or when a sudden illness strikes, getting to a hospital on time can save your life. As a result, when you place a call for emergency services, you expect an ambulance to arrive and care for you until you get to the hospital. A startling survey conducted by the Scottish Labor […]
Hospital Safety Issues are Driving Digital Based Solutions to Improve Patient Safety

Over the past few years, one of the most crucial topics of conversation that has arisen in the medical industry is that of hospital patient safety. This has led to the development of a wide range of technology-based solutions, all of which will go a long way towards ensuring that all patients are as well […]
Is an IT Department Overhauling the Answer to Patient Safety?

When patients are admitted to hospitals to have treatments performed, they expect to receive the right diagnoses, medication and treatment at all times. However, there are still too many cases coming to light where patient safety is being compromised. It has been suggested that overhauling IT departments in hospitals and other healthcare facilities could go […]
Why Inadequate Nursing Staff Poses a Risk for All Patients

Over the past few years, numerous hospitals and health care facilities have reduced the amount of nursing staff in a bid to cut costs in as many areas as possible. Although the care facility in question may be saving money by doing this, it undoubtedly has a negative impact on one of the most important […]
New Anesthesia Bill Could Jeopardize Patient Safety

Patients who are undergoing surgical procedures that require the use of anesthesia will expect the most qualified person possible to oversee the process. However, a new bill that has been proposed for hospital patients in California could very well put patient safety and the quality of care that they receive while in hospital, at serious […]
The EU Taking a Stance on Patient Safety

When a family member is hospitalized, most people naturally assume that he or she will be safe until they are discharged. However, according to information stated by Magdalena Kalata, who is President of the European Health Parliament, as many as 37,000 hospital patients die as a result of various hospital and healthcare-related infections each year […]
Is Technology the Answer for Better Patient Safety or is it People?

Thanks to the amount of adverse incidents that take place in hospitals and other healthcare facilities these days, a topic that is on the forefront of many peoples minds is that of patient safety. Although there are numerous technology-based safeguards that have been put in place, an important question has arisen of whether that is […]