Mistakes are inevitable in any industry. But in healthcare, they often come with a higher price tag and significant impact. One surprisingly simple strategy that has proven effective at minimizing ...

Maureen Bisognano, president and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, shared a checklist for extending healthcare improvements to all patients at IHI’s Annual National Forum, according to ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Having step-by-step checklists on hand may help doctors and nurses manage emergencies in the operating room, a new study suggests. In situations when a person's heart stops ...

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DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) has developed a comprehensive surgical checklist to help reduce the number of wrong-site surgeries and other ...

It’s tempting to assume that employees, managers, and leaders will naturally prioritize tasks and follow procedures. However, relying solely on memory or trust is an unreliable strategy. Instead, ...

In a Physicians Practice report, Marion Jenkins PhD, FHIMSS, executive vice president of 3t Systems, discusses common misconceptions about the cloud that physicians should be aware of and lays out a ...

When to use paper checklists, versus digital checklists, depends on circumstances, and the people involved in a task. For example, when multiple people collaborate in processing a job, task, or ...

MITRE has developed a new report in response to the policy paper, Cybersecurity is Patient Safety: Policy Options in the Health Care Sector, put forth by Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va. The new MITRE ...