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Hospital Feedback After Staff Report Errors Offer Patient Safety Benefits

Voluntary reporting by hospital staff of errors and patient safety events are a key source of information for improving patient care. A St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital analysis suggests that to increase reporting, hospitals should focus on informing staff about …

Maine Releases Latest Tally of Hospital Errors

A new state report shows mixed results when it comes to serious errors, injuries and accidents in Maine hospitals and other health care facilities. The Department of Health and Human Services has required hospitals, surgery centers, kidney centers and intermediate …