Leaked data included patient files, medical histories, diagnoses, treatments plans, test results, and patients insurance information. The leak also included information on past and present MGH employees, including Social Security numbers, and pay rates.

The vast majority of patients want to receive test results online even if their healthcare provider has not reviewed the test results, according to a new research article.

Telehealth and digital health advocates aren’t pleased with the US Drug Enforcement Agency’s proposed rules for prescribing controlled substances via telemedicine after the expiration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.

Including the workplace violence worksite assessment in the annual evaluation process will help keep the topic in mind, but also informg organizational leadership as to what’s going on and what support might be needed to ensure the appropriate management of the workplace violence risks.

ECRI, a long-standing patient safety organization in Pennsylvania, has listed verbal and physical violence against healthcare staff as its second-most important patient safety concern for 2023.

The U.S. ranks dead last out of 13 industrialized nations when it comes to women dying during pregnancy or due to pregnancy-related complications, according to a 2022 report by the Commonwealth Fund. Even when a pregnant woman has health insurance, education, a good support network, and access to good healthcare, that is sometimes not enough. Such was the case with Dr. Shalon Irving.

Surveyors are being trained to spot problems with environmental risk assessments required under National Patient Safety Goal 15.

According to a CDC Special Report, AMR infections and deaths increased 15% during the first year of the pandemic.