A newly uncovered cyber attack has exposed sensitive information at two major NHS trusts, raising fears that patient records ...

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust have had patient data stolen by hackers exploiting a critical vulnerability ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Preverity, Inc., a leading provider of risk management and patient safety solutions for the healthcare industry, announced today that its wholly ...

Teladoc Health launched an artificial-intelligence-enabled technology that allows hospital staff to virtually detect when a patient is at risk of falling ... their needs and alert in-person ...

Kerm Henriksen is a senior adviser, Human Factors and Patient Safety ... workable goals for future improvement efforts. The Safety Risk Assessment Toolkit, funded by AHRQ and developed by the ...

Did you know that nearly 90% of nurses use technology daily? As healthcare evolves, so does the role of technology in nursing. Tech tools are central to delivering quality care, from patient records ...

A national patient safety alert has been issued instructing healthcare settings to change how they prepare oxytocin – a hormone used to induce labour or manage postpartum haemorrhage – after reports ...

Technicians receive alerts depending on patients’ conditions and are supposed to alert nurses in ... result in an increased risk for the occurrence of patient safety events.” ...

Patient safety is being put at risk by "doctor burnout" caused by GPs being under-funded and overworked, a leading medic has said. Dr Sigi Joseph said doctors have to "continually soak up" more ...

Miscommunication between hospital staff regularly puts patients at risk, a new study says ... communication is a substantial cause of patient safety incidents," concluded the research team ...