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Medicare Won’t Pay Hospitals for Errors


WASHINGTON (AP) – It’s a new way to push for patient safety: Don’t pay hospitals when they commit certain errors. Medicare will start hitting hospitals where it hurts in October, and other insurers are hot on the trail. That has … Continue reading

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Medicare Won't Pay Hospitals for Errors


WASHINGTON (AP) – It’s a new way to push for patient safety: Don’t pay hospitals when they commit certain errors. Medicare will start hitting hospitals where it hurts in October, and other insurers are hot on the trail. That has … Continue reading

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Guilty, Afraid, and Alone — Struggling with Medical Error


Since 1999, health care professionals have been focusing on To Err Is Human, the Institute of Medicine report that sounded alarms about medical error. As we have strived to reduce the rate of errors, systems-based practices such as electronic order … Continue reading

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