Improving resident handoff can help reduce the number of medical errors and preventable adverse events, according to a study in New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers implemented a handoff ...

Reducing hospital errors is top of mind for a slew of healthcare personnel, but there is only one state in the country that releases an annual report of hospital errors. Yes, just one — Minnesota.

RaDonda Vaught was convicted of negligent homicide after dispensing the wrong drug to a patient. She now gives speeches about ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Medical errors affect about three percent of hospitalized children in the U.S., with the risk being higher if they have a chronic health condition, a new study suggests.

Diagnostic errors are common in hospitals and are largely preventable, according to a new observational study led by Anuj K. Dalal, MD, from the Division of General Internal Medicine at Brigham and ...

GLEN DALE, W.Va. (WTRF-TV) WVU Medicine Reynolds Memorial Hospital earned an “A” Hospital Safety Award from the Leapfrog ...

Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston has begun publishing a newsletter featuring medical errors made at the hospital to help physicians learn from the mistakes, according to a report in The Boston ...

For a fourth year in a row, Maryland recorded an increase in reported medical mistakes, including some that were fatal, the state’s Department of Health said in its annual patient safety report. The ...