Event reporting in the busy environment of the ED can be a challenge, and many organizations, whether because of distractions, forgetfulness, or simply not understanding a given action's adverse effect on patients, do not do reporting well.
The Appellate Court of Connecticut affirmed a lower court’s decision to set aside a jury verdict in favor of a physician in a medical malpractice case after the physician’s attorney violated the state’s peer review statute.
MSPs nationwide will likely encounter more international medical graduates (IMG)-both foreign-born, U.S.-trained physicians and U.S. nationals who graduated from overseas medical schools-applying for privileges in their facilities.
The Essential Hospitals Engagement Network, a network created under the public-private Partnership for Patients established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, has saved nearly $12 million over the past 18 months from the prevention of more than 1,100 patient harm events....
In the first year of an experimental program to refashion Medicare, four of five Massachusetts networks of hospitals and physicians were able to slow spending by better coordinating medical care for patients, the Boston Globe reported. The accountable care organization (ACO) program, a...
