A bill that would require Iowa’s medical facilities to inform regulators of any serious medical errors is again facing ...

John Wiederspan is well aware of how things can go wrong in the high-pressure, high-stakes environment of an operating room. “During situations such as trauma or a patient doing poorly, there’s a real ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Earlier this year in March, a nurse from Vanderbilt University — RaDonda Vaught — was found guilty of criminally negligent ...

Lawsuit alleges physician failed to surgically treat ankle fracture, prescribed physical therapy, and misled patient to ...

Most patients at most hospitals receive excellent care and recover from illness, injury or procedures in due course, It's long been known, however, that there is some risk associated with a hospital ...

Entering orders for the wrong patient is a potentially deadly type of medical error, but the simple step of adding patient photographs to their EHRs can help clinicians avoid this misstep, a new study ...

If you’re not a professional actively working in the healthcare industry, you probably don’t realize how important medical records are — or how dangerously unreliable they can be. According to Black ...

John Wiederspan is well aware of how things can go wrong in the high-pressure, high-stakes environment of an operating room. “During situations such as trauma, or a patient doing poorly, there’s a ...