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New Patient Safety Grades For U.S. Hospitals

November 4, 2017

On October 31, 2017, The Leapfrog Group, which describes itself as a nonprofit organization committed to driving quality, safety, and transparency in the U.S. health system, issued its Fall 2017 The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades that assigns the letter grades A, B, C, D, and F to general acute-car[...]

21% Of Americans Have Had Personal Experience With Medical Errors

November 3, 2017

The results of a survey that was released on September 28, 2017 found that 21% of adults in the United States report having personally experienced a medical error. The national survey conducted by the IHI/NPSF Lucian Leape Institute and NORC at the University of Chicago (“NORC”) found th[...]

Washington Appellate Court Affirms Physician’s Disruptive Behavior Affected His Ability To Safely Practice Medicine

May 3, 2017

In its April 11, 2017 decision, the Court of Appeals of the State of Washington Division II (“Appellate Court”) affirmed the Department of Health, Medical Quality Assurance Commission’s (“MQAC”) final order requiring a medical doctor to undergo a psychological evaluation i[...]

Why Can’t I Find A Medical Malpractice Lawyer To Take My Case?

April 7, 2017

An increasing number of medical malpractice victims throughout the United States are finding it increasingly more difficult to find medical malpractice lawyers in their state who are willing to represent them in a medical malpractice claim. Why is this so, and what can these medical malpractice vict[...]

Recent Study Analyzed Patients’ Perspective On Adverse Medical And Surgical Events

October 6, 2015

The findings of a study published on June 19, 2015 in the journal BMJ Quality & Safety involving 450 respondents to an online survey of patients and families regarding adverse medical and surgical events, who also provided written narratives in addition to filling out the quantitative s[...]

U.S. Senate Subcommittee Holds Hearing On “More Than 1,000 Preventable Deaths a Day Is Too Many: The Need to Improve Patient Safety”

July 21, 2014

On July 17, 2014, the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging held a hearing on the subject entitled, “More Than 1,000 Preventable Deaths a Day Is Too Many: The Need to Improve Patient Safety.” The Subcommittee Cha[...]

New Evidence Suggests That Adverse Medical Events In Hospitals Are 10 Times Greater Than Previously Reported

April 19, 2011

A new study estimates that adverse medical events in hospitals occur at a rate TEN TIMES GREATER than previously thought and that there are adverse medical events in ONE-THIRD of all hospital admissions. The grossly under-reported adverse medical events in the past are due to the manner in w[...]

TOP RATED HOSPITALS OFFER BETTER PATIENT SAFETY

March 11, 2011

HealthGrades, an independent source of physician information and hospital quality outcomes, has recently issued the results of a study that found that patients have a 46% lower risk of experiencing a patient safety incident at a top-rated hospital compared to a poorly-rated hospital. The findings we[...]

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