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Becker's Hospital Review1h
How 3 systems are streamlining patient discharges
Inadequate coordination of patient discharges was named among the top 10 threats to patient safety in 2025, according to a recent report from ECRI and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices. Gaps ...
NEJM Catalyst2h
Quality Checks to Promote Patient Safety: A 10-Year Retrospective Study of Adverse Events in an Emergency Laboratory
Research at Taizhou Enze Medical Center in China focused on the risk priority of adverse events during all phases of ...
MPR2h
Poor Communication Major Contributor to Patient Safety Incidents
Poor communication contributed to 24% of safety incidents in 42 studies that examined its contribution along with other causes.
Miscommunication between health workers often puts patients at risk, study says
Miscommunication between hospital staff regularly puts patients at risk, a new study says. Poor communications between health ...
Miscommunication Between Health Workers Puts Patients At Risk Regularly
TUESDAY, April 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Miscommunication between hospital staff regularly puts patients at risk, a new ...
EurekAlert!6d
One firearm injury was treated every 30 minutes in emergency departments in a study of 10 jurisdictions
A cross-sectional analysis of firearm injury-related emergency department (ED) visits found that between 2018 and 2023, there was approximately one firearm injury ED visit every 30 minutes in the 10 ...
Becker's Hospital Review6d
Miscommunication tied to 1 in 10 hospital patient safety events: Study
At least 10% of patient safety events stem from poor communication among healthcare workers, patients and caregivers, according to a meta-analysis published April 14 in Annals of Internal Medicine. ...