Patients have unrealistic expectations of the potential value of medical interventions, according to a report published online December 22 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Those misperceptions can affect ...

South Carolina patients harm nearly 2,100 hospital workers a year, according to a new report. Here’s what to know.

The findings of the inspector general study are similar to Medicare data reported in 2010. Medicare patients experience harm in hospitals at a relatively high rate and the harm costs the federal ...

Surgical patients who have experienced hospital harms are more likely to die from these adverse events than nonsurgical patients who experience the same harms, according to research presented at the ...

In 2010, the healthcare community was tasked with improving quality measures through a series of initiatives, including Medicare payment incentives and HHS’ Partnership for Patients. Preliminary data ...

The proportion of patient harms associated with medical procedures, treatment, and contact with healthcare systems rose by 59%, from 11 million to 18 million globally between 1990 and 2019, finds a ...

When people come to a hospital for care, they are often at their most vulnerable. They trust the caregivers with their lives, their health and their future. As far back as ancient Greece, Hippocrates’ ...

A nurse has been struck off for misconduct after applying a burning liquid which felt like "acid" to a patient's penis. A ...

As founder and president of the Allegro Family Clinic, I’ve been proud to serve rural Mississippi's families and communities. But I am increasingly concerned about the more than 200,000 patients ...