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never events
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CMS releases hospital-by-hospital data on never events
About nine months after its original due date, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have overcome industry opposition and…
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After 8 years, Quebec’s adverse event reporting law remains unenforceable
The Montreal Gazette‘s Charlie Fidelman has assembled a round-up of what has, and hasn’t, happened in the eight years since…
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Initiatives not improving patient safety; poor implementation to blame
A large-scale study that followed mistakes in health care delivery at 10 North Carolina hospitals from 2002 to 2007 found…
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“Never events” still happen sometimes
Photo by Garrett P. via Flickr MedPage Today’s Crystal Phend drew two key lessons from a recent paper on the…
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Reporters encounter hospital’s lack of transparency
Blythe Bernhard and Jeremy Kohler of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch investigated a string of serious mistakes at a local hospital…
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Analysis of billing record data reveals hospital quality issues in Las Vegas
Using data from hospital billing records, Marshall Allen and Alex Richards of the Las Vegas Sun have been able to…