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 ...

Earlier this year in March, a nurse from Vanderbilt University — RaDonda Vaught — was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide and gross neglect of a patient. In 2017, Vaught gave 75-year-old ...

Patient misidentification continues to pose a persistent safety risk throughout the NHS, yet it remains inadequately acknowledged and researched, a healthcare safety watchdog has warned. A new report ...

Patients who have access to notes from their ambulatory care visits may be able to flag mistakes, increasing record accuracy and safety engagement. A new study published in the Journal of the American ...

Resolving logistics issues takes away from the time nurses could be providing care, new survey indicates. Healthcare logistics affects patient care more than most would think, a new survey from ...

If you’re not a professional actively working in the healthcare industry, you probably don’t realize how important medical records are — or how dangerously unreliable they can be. According to Black ...

But the 33-year-old school district controller actually wound up with two scars in the delicate region — one on each side — after the surgeon mistakenly operated on the left and had to start over.

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 ...