One-size-fits-all approach to patient safety improvement won’t get us to the ultimate goal—zero harm
January 9, 2020
Modern Healthcare November 09, 2019 01:00 AM by Dr. Mark Chassin Dr. Mark Chassin is president and CEO of The Joint Commission. He was a member of the Institute of
Why Doctors Still Offer Treatments That May Not Help
August 28, 2019
August 28, 2019 at 7:00 am | Austin Frakt | The following originally appeared on The Upshot (copyright 2019, The New York Times Company). It also appeared in the print edition on August 15, 2019. When
Parents of man killed on I-95 in Orangeburg while suffering schizophrenic event speak out on failure of SC first responders
August 28, 2019
WISTV.com | By Emily Wakeman | August 14, 2019 at 8:29 PM EDT – Updated August 14 at 9:24 PM ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WIS) – It’s been almost a year since a man died
Purdue Pharma in talks over multibillion-dollar deal to settle more than 2,000 opioid lawsuits
August 28, 2019
The Washington Post | By Lenny Bernstein and Scott Higham | August 27 at 8:06 PM Drugmaker Purdue Pharma is negotiating a multibillion-dollar settlement with lawyers for local and state governments that would resolve about
The Law – “Observation Status While in the Hospital”
June 24, 2019
Observation Status has a major impact on MEDICARE beneficiaries, and others as well, yet most people don’t even know about it – at least not until they get a SURPRISE
US Emergency Department Visits for Adverse Drug Events From Antibiotics in Children, 2011–2015
August 23, 2018
Maribeth C Lovegrove, Andrew I Geller, Katherine E Fleming-Dutra, Nadine Shehab, Mathew R P Sapiano, Daniel S Budnitz | Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, piy066, https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piy066 Published: 23
Hundreds protest outside Purdue Stamford HQ
August 18, 2018
Stamford Advocate | By Paul Schott | Updated 5:22 pm EDT, Friday, August 17, 2018 A protest Friday morning by several hundred activists outside the downtown Stamford headquarters of Purdue Pharma highlighted the growing
NYU School of Medicine will provide free tuition to students
August 18, 2018
Modern Healthcare | By Maria Castellucci | August 16, 2018 NYU School of Medicine announced Thursday it will provide all current and future students full-tuition scholarships to attend medical school. The institution,
Escape from the Mayo Clinic: Teen accuses world-famous hospital of ‘medical kidnapping’
August 18, 2018
By Elizabeth Cohen and John Bonifield, CNN Health Updated 10:55 AM ET, Fri August 17, 2018 This is the first part of the series,”Escape from the Mayo Clinic.” Read the second part here. Also, read
5 reasons why communication breaks down during care transitions
August 18, 2018
Medical Economics | Brad Brooks | Aug 16, 2018 Office-based primary care physicians (PCPs) often bear the brunt of responsibility for ensuring their patients avoid readmission after transitioning from a