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Increase Your Awareness and Understanding of Radiologic Error
Increase your awareness of radiologic errors and learn 15 strategies to help minimize them in MRI, CT, and ultrasound imaging
Hospital Errors and How to Protect Yourself
Americans are dying in hospitals from preventable medical mistakes. But, patients can minimize their risks by keeping a close eye on their care.
Health Affairs Raises MACRA Implementation Awareness, Questions
A new health policy brief from Health Affairs takes a deep dive into how implementation of the Quality Payment Program (QPP) is progressing, providing an overview of the rules and regulations associated with QPP implementation and addressing key issues.
Five ways technology can increase patient compliance
The key to helping patients adhere to treatment plans is to make it easy for them to do so, which is why Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pennsylvania, is exploring how the tools patients use i
What Can Be Done about Medical Errors?
To reduce patient deaths, hospitals need to become "highly reliable" organizations.
How anchoring can cause medical errors
EMS providers need to understand anchoring, a type of cognitive bias, to prevent errors in prehospital patient assessment and care
Are Electronic Health Records Increasing Patient Error Rates?
Some doctors are having problems with patient software and that errors are being made with electronic records that compromise patient care.
What Should Hospitals Do When They Make Mistakes?
Advocates suggest increased candor will reduce medical errors and improve care
How Hospitalists Can Improve Shift-to-Shift Patient Handoffs
Improving handoff communication and procedures results in dramatic decreases in medical errors. Presented are five strategies to build better patient handoffs.
Podcast: Why we should all know more about sepsis
What is sepsis and why is sepsis awareness in the general public and healthcare staff critically important? In this podcast, we find out about this and more
Burnout in radiology: Could teleradiology be the antidote?
Tricia Sickmann, VP of Human Resources & Medical Services, vRad<br>Burnout has become commonplace among medical professionals and radiologists are no exception. While increasing caseloads are part of the picture, much of the stress physicians experience comes from areas that distract them from patient care − factors such as shifting regulatory requirements, confounding processes and systems, hospital politics and challenges to balancing work life with home…
In praise of the checklist for error prevention
Complex and life-dependent systems often fail in their reliance on experience and professionalism alone
How I Eliminated Worklist Pressure and Burnout from My Radiology Career
How one radiologist found the answer to burnout from worklist pressure was in front of her all along. Plus, 6 things that help keep burnout at bay.
5 facts to make you more ACEs aware
An acronym that has been used by healthcare professionals for decades has recently become a common term for educators who are observing an uptick in student stress, anxiety and other extreme barrie…
Patient Engagement Increases Patient Satisfaction
Overview of how the right patient engagement solution can increase patient satisfaction, enhance workflow, and contribute to the financial well-being of your...
How to fix errors in your medical records
When was the last time you read the discharge paperwork you received after a visit to your doctor's office or the hospital?
A lack of understanding for what physicians really do
Those that have no medical knowledge and no training are driving medical decision making to meet nonsensical quality standards or financial metrics.
Study finds errors in PPE doffing
Researchers observed 125 health care workers to learn more about strategies to prevent contamination.
How well does your hospital protect you from errors and accidents?
The ratings focus solely on safety, grading hospitals on how well they prevent accidents and errors.
