North Country HealthCare is the “only game in town” for care delivery in some of the regions it serves, said Dr. Jennifer Cortes, quality and population health medical officer at the federally ...

Patients and caregivers play a central role in health care safety in the hospital, ambulatory care setting, and community. Despite this, interventions to promote patient engagement in safety are still ...

Despite the appearance of universal coverage, we are doing a very poor job of providing care to those at the bottom of the income ladder. Here’s the good news. Only 1 percent of Americans are (1) ...

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Integrating human factors is essential for the future of healthcare safety and sustainability, but many systems are working against the system instead of toward it, an op-ed piece in Science Direct ...

At Crain's Hospital CEO Breakfast, executives said Medicaid spending cuts, combined with expired ACA tax credits, threaten ...

As the healthcare industry enters the pandemic’s third year, many leaders are working to reinvigorate staff and patient safety efforts. Below are five of the most pressing safety issues for hospitals ...

ECRI has named insufficient governance of artificial intelligence in healthcare as one of its top 10 patient safety concerns for 2025. The report, which ECRI published Monday, warned AI could lead to ...

Patient safety challenges are exacerbated by healthcare workforce challenges. However, a workplace culture focused on measuring what goes wrong and making changes to address root causes – powered by ...

In a May 10, 2018, Health Affairs Blog post titled “Safety-Net Health Systems at Risk: Who Bears the Burden of Uncompensated Care?,” Dhruv Khullar and coauthors remind readers that safety-net health ...

As the White House deputy chief of staff at the time, I will never forget the sense of pride I felt when working alongside President Obama to pass the Affordable Care Act (ACA). With the ACA and other ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I teach and conduct research in Aviation Human Factors at ERAU. Many of these deaths are caused by doctor/hospital errors, while ...