In worst-case scenarios, refusing to pay medical professionals enough or to adequately staff medical facilities can have ...

Therefore, in an effort to improve the quality and safety of the care we deliver, the UAB Department of OB/GYN has developed a dedicated Section of Quality and Patient Safety, with an organizational ...

"We have to focus on outpatient safety because it's just going to come up more, as more care that would have traditionally been dealt with inpatient moves outpatient," said Esme Singer, MD, senior ...

As a hospital patient you have certain rights, and it’s more than OK to speak up if they’re violated – it’s a necessity. Health screenings can detect disease when it’s most treatable ...

The ASC Quality Collaboration has released a safety and quality assessment tool, according to a Feb. 3 report from Ambulatory Surgery Center News. ASCQC focuses on advancing patient safety and quality ...

The study found significant variability in the inclusion of patient safety topics across institutions ... to gain human feedback on the overall quality of the process. We however cannot guarantee ...

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) committed an estimated $172 million to nursing issues in 2005. AHRQ supports health services research in areas such as patient safety ...

UAB’s Healthcare Quality and Safety Graduate Programs are designed for those who are driven to shape a safer environment for their patients. We offer a Master of Science and a Graduate Certificate in ...

But quality, safety, care coordination, user-friendliness and patient satisfaction remain major challenges. It wasn’t hard to find prominent healthcare experts willing to share their personal ...

Background Healthcare patient safety investigations inappropriately focus on individual culpability and the target of ...

his short public remarks beforehand singled out as priorities artificial intelligence and “expanding high-quality health care for every American.” The “major investment” in patient safety ...