Vice President Joe Biden recently attended a conference in Irvine, California, where he made an important statement regarding the fact that hospitals need to place more focus on reducing preventable errors and government should be creating more economic incentives that would help improve patient safety. Time to Link Quality with Safety Biden went […]
One year ago, Professor Don Berwick produced a review of patient safety in England called A Promise to Learn A Commitment to Act. The purpose of the review was to analyze the current level of patient safety and to provide guidelines that would help reduce the level of accidents in patient care throughout the United […]
Although the US Patent and Trademark Office recently published a total of 58 newly granted patents to Apple for various technological items and ideas, a particular one that envisions a level of communication between devices like iPhones or iPads and a wireless disposable hospital wristband has received a fair bit more attention than the rest. […]
A recent announcement made by the government has revealed that there has been an
When it comes to the topic of patient safety in hospitals, most people tend to only associate this term with ensuring that the right medications and doses are dispensed to the right patients. However, various advances that are being made with regards to wearable technology devices like Smart Watches and even diagnostic bandages could soon […]
When the concept of selfies was first introduced, nobody could have imagined that they would provide a way to improve patient safety in hospitals and emergency rooms across the country. However, this is precisely what has happened at Children
From human errors to system failures, mistakes and oversights in healthcare are the 3rd leading cause of death in the US. According to hospital safety advocate, the Leapfrog Group, 440,000 Americans die each year because of hospital errors that could have been prevented. Patient safety has been a growing concern for hospitals around the world […]
Imagine having your hospital discharge instructions issued to you by a pre-programmed avatar displayed on a bedside touch-screen computer. The introduction of this type of technology would not serve as a replacement for bedside nurses and doctors. Instead, it would complement them by making their jobs a lot easier, and allowing them to spend more […]
If one had to ask any healthcare facility what their primary concern is, the majority of them would state that it is the safety of patients while they are in their care. While many hospitals rely on some form of digital healthcare system to ensure patient safety, these forms of technology may not always be […]