Diagnostic errors, for the third consecutive year, led the top 10 patient safety concerns this year, according to the annual report by the ECRI Institute, an independent, nonprofit global group ...

The term for a patient who lists their questions was likely coined in the late 19th century in the clinic of Jean-Martin Charcot at the Salpêtrière. Known as la maladie du petit papier, or the illness ...

The modern patient safety field was built on a foundation of “systems thinking,” namely, that we should avoid assigning individual blame for errors, instead focusing on identifying and fixing ...

An old problem that's still a big problem is back as the No. 1 issue on ECRI’s list of the top 10 patient safety concerns for 2020. Diagnostic errors—both missed and delayed diagnoses—topped the list.

Staff shortages and workers' mental health are top patient safety concerns that health system executives must tackle, according to ECRI's annual Top Ten Patient Safety Concerns for 2022. The report ...

The University of Washington Medical Center denied organ transplants to patients who refuse a COVID vaccine as early as June 2021. And hospital officials refuse to answer basic questions about their ...

A total of 2,612 patients have been waiting to have a general surgical operation longer than the time stipulated in the Patient Charter, Health Minister Jo Etienne Abela said. Abela was replying to a ...

An outbreak of Salmonella infections traced to deli meats in Canada has grown to include 88 patients. The Publich Health Agency of Canada reports that nine of the patients have been so sick that they ...

The ECRI Institute named diagnostic errors and improper management of test results in electronic health records (EHRs) as the top patient safety challenge facing healthcare organizations in its ...