Healthcare organizations have focused on improving patient outcomes for years. Lately, however, the impact of diagnostic errors on outcomes has come under more intense scrutiny. Some research suggests ...

Improving resident handoff can help reduce the number of medical errors and preventable adverse events, according to a study in New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers implemented a handoff ...

On July 22, the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses — representing more than 18,000 nurses — announced recommendations for the reduction of medical errors in response to a report recently issued by ...

But in one of the first real-world tests of an AI tool, working side-by-side with clinicians in Kenya, researchers showed ...

Medical robots and healthcare robotics improve surgical precision, AI diagnostics, and patient care, shaping the future of ...

A look at how healthcare organizations are working to improve diagnostic accuracy. This article first appeared in the October 2016 issue of HealthLeaders magazine. Children's Hospital Colorado, ...

The NHS and UK doctors are set to benefit from ground-breaking artificial intelligence technology designed to transform the way doctors interact with patients, reducing medical errors, cutting ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is gaining a foothold in healthcare. Algorithms that use machine learning, deep learning, and natural language processing aren’t replacing human intelligence or the human ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Misdiagnosis is a somewhat common phenomenon in medicine, occurring in about 10% of cases. Physicians can teach ...

As a sponsor of the Sept. 22 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, the American College of Radiology (ACR) congratulates the Committee on its thorough analysis of the complex process of diagnosis and ...

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 ...