Preventable errors at Minnesota hospitals, surgery centers decreased slightly in 2024 originally appeared on Bring Me The News. Reports of preventable errors that could lead to serious injury or death ...

Those who have taken issue with studies like the one published in the BMJ in May 2016 that found medical errors to be the third leading cause of death in the U.S. have argued directly attributing ...

Several University Hospitals medical center locations earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade by The Leapfrog Group, a ...

Shore Medical Center has received its third consecutive “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit watchdog focused on patient safety. Leapfrog assigns letter ...

There are many physical and emotional tolls to surgical errors, like chronic pain, infections, mobility limitations, anxiety, depression, and PTSD. When you go into surgery, you go with the idea that ...

Kidney care operates on a non-negotiable clock. A patient with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) needs dialysis 156 times a year. A CKD Stage 5 patient needs vascular access placed before ...

Better resources and well-trained clinical educators are the only way to solve the preventable medical error crisis. We are doing something about it here in Reno ...