The operating room is a prime location for implementing Lean processes to reduce inefficiencies and improve patient safety. A timed delivery Kanban card system can lead to improvements.

VTE is a significant cause of preventable harm, and prophylaxis for at-risk patients improves patient safety. Discover the impact on patient risk stratification for VTE resulting from a management guideline.

In an excerpt from his book, Tweets, Likes, and Liabilities: Online and Electronic Risk to the Healthcare Professional, Michael Sacopulos discusses social media and HIPAA violations.

Dr. Aletha Maybank, the new equity chief officer of the American Medical Association, tells Kaiser Health News how good health goes beyond having a good doctor and insurance.

A Proposal To Make It Harder For Kids To Skip Vaccines Gives Powerful Voices Pause

This article seeks to educate providers on the existing legal and regulatory framework, the risks and potential consequences of a failure to comply with those laws and regulations, and how best to comply and avoid those risks.

The process of document flow in the medical office is not only cumbersome, but can cost staff upward of two hours per day per physician, and may delay critical information from reaching the appropriate destination. Organizations have been wrestling w...

Pediatric providers are uniquely positioned to address the escalating use of JUUL e-cigarettes, which have dramatically increased in popularity among teens and young adults.

A hospital considers deploying a radio-frequency identification (RFID) system to improve the linens delivery and tracking process.

A risk manager’s experience and expertise, skill at relationship-building, effectiveness in communication, and keen awareness of the environment come together in a simple approach to evaluating and mitigating risk that the authors have developed and ...

In this article from Kaiser Health News, an agency reports that there is a massive reduction in opioid prescriptions in California which is indicative of a national trend.

A physician’s public tirade about the treatment of a family member opens the eyes of fellow clinicians and industry leaders.