A new study reveals how crucial shift change communication can be to a patient’s hospital experience. Health care centers could cut the risk of serious adverse events by 30 percent and other medical errors by 25 percent with better shift change communication, according to Harvard... Read More

Two Canadian hospitals have publicly apologized to a 46-year-old man for giving him a lung cancer misdiagnosis. Larry Reece, of Hamilton, Ontario, was given an erroneous diagnosis of stage-four lung cancer in June. The hospitals told him he had only 12 months to live and... Read More

Patients suffering from dementia are among the most vulnerable in society, making it especially unnerving when reports surface of abuse and neglect. Following a recent investigation, Palm Garden of Winter Haven is facing serious allegations of criminal battery after officials witnessed repeated the repeated tormenting... Read More

This past May, over 330,000 newborn neck cradle support cushions were pulled off the market, when Children’s Medical Ventures issued a hospital pillow recall over concerns of mold contamination. Just last week, health regulators at the FDA announced an additional recall on infant cushions sold... Read More

Countless medical errors committed each year by healthcare providers jeopardize patient safety and claim lives. About 80 percent of the most serious types of medical errors committed by U.S. healthcare providers stem from miscommunication among providers, most notably during patient handoffs. Now, a recent study... Read More

Patients and patient safety advocates in California had high hopes for this past election day, when Californians cast their votes to approve or disapprove a proposed medical malpractice law, known as Proposition 46 or Prop 46. Their hopes were dashed when it became apparent that... Read More

Nadege Neim won a $1.4 million verdict last year, after a jury determined she was the victim of hospital medical errors. Her obstetrician removed a healthy ovary and fallopian tube from the right side of her body after she went into the hospital to have... Read More

About 160,000 bariatric surgeries are done each year, according to US News & World Report. What we know is this: Bariatric surgery results in greater weight loss than other, nonsurgical treatments. It is also an effective way to reverse type 2 diabetes in obese patients.... Read More