Quality and Safety

Hans Aubauer, general director of the Social Security Service of Austria, explains how his country is incentivizing the clinical and the patient community to improve care quality.

Since before 2013, hospitals and other healthcare facilities knew that falls were a serious problem, and massive resources were marshalled to reduce or prevent patient falls.

In a medical crisis, clinicians need to know people’s medications, allergies, and medical histories to safely care for patients in shelters and to manage transfers between care settings.

Founder of The Walking Gallery of Healthcare honors friend and a leader who lent her voice to patients who needed to be heard.

Whether because of a nefarious manmade or natural disaster, hospital IT shops often find themselves strapped during a crisis. The government and private sector have already developed considerable resources to help. Here’s a look at those.

Most affected are poor people with no insurance.

The project tells patient stories via paintings by artist Regina Holliday.

Report offers advice on how to do it right – the way patients want.

Feeding data directly from a medical device into medical records has reduced errors, improved patient safety and increased caregiver efficiency.

At a pivotal moment for healthcare, it's time to reform regulatory approaches, improve access to data for care coordination and establish a national patient ID, says John Halamka, MD, who offers some perspective to CMS and ONC on the future of MACRA, interoperability and more.