We may someday look back on this moment the way we now look back on paper medical charts. Primitive. A study recently published in Science found that
A CDC study was just released confirming what we already knew: healthcare workers are experiencing burnout. Healthcare workers have high rates of depression and anxiety, and many
A new study from the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute Center for Diagnostic Excellence estimates that possibly 795,000 people every year die or are seriously injured
We have written blogs recently that described how AI is being applied to medical issues, particularly with regard to radiology imaging. It seems now that
This summer a large study found “statistically significant decreases in the annual rates of in-hospital adverse events” for numerous indicators of patient safety. The study
Algorithms have long been used in medicine to evaluate whether targeted workups are needed for different conditions. They are computations that help providers determine the
We speak to folks every day who have had a bad experience with medical care. Sometimes the care leads to injury, and sometimes this injury
The Leapfrog Group’s 2022 Hospital safety grades reflect a decline in patient safety over the course of the pandemic. There are many factors that contribute
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected nearly every part of our lives for the last two-plus years. This includes the frequency with which we received our
Research shows that diagnostic errors occur in at least one in twenty medical encounters. Women and people are color are more likely to be misdiagnosed