Here's a business model that would certainly seem to reward laxity and discourage innovation geared toward a higher level of accuracy and efficiency: Reward mistakes.And reward them with more money than is the case for delivering a better product.That sounds illogical...
Surgical Errors
AARP and patient-advocacy group team up to spotlight best hospitals
The Leapfrog Group, with its very special and narrow focus, is an entity likely never heard of by most people in New Jersey and throughout the rest of the country.That unfamiliarity does not extend to hospital administrators, virtually all of whom know exactly what...
National MD group: Robotic surgery not as good as advertised
"Cherry picked and very misleading information."That is how an executive with a well-known doctors organization terms the marketing tactics promoting robotic surgical systems over traditional surgeries in hysterectomy operations and other procedures involving soft...
Sponges, other items left in patients: Inexcusable and preventable
So-called "never events" in the realm of health care are aptly termed and well hinted at in just those two words: Certain patient outcomes are so egregiously wrong that they should simply never happen.Even without elaboration on such medical errors, many readers can...
Mayo Clinic study on “July Effect,” alleged link to patient harm
A new study is debunking the widely held notion that patients can face a seasonal increased risk of hospital malpractice due to factors operative within what is known as the "July Effect." These supposed risk factors are attributed to the new wave of inexperienced...