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Patient Safety
Patient Safety: is the prevention of harm to patients. Emphasis is often placed on the system of care delivery that prevents errors, learns from the errors that occur and is built on a culture of safety that involves health care professionals, organizations and patients. Patient safety practices have been defined as those that reduce the risk of adverse events related to exposure to medical care across a range of diagnoses or conditions.
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AUG 08, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers Amber Southwell, Michael Hayden and Blair Leavitt at the University of British Columbia Centre for Molecular ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 05, 2015Health & Medicine
Human norovirus is a member of the Caliciviridae family of viruses which are single-stranded RNA nonenveloped viruses th ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 01, 2015Health & Medicine
Ebola outbreaks across the globe have swept the media so hard that people are panicking about the possibility of future ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 06, 2015Cancer
A drug that has been used to treat rheumatoid arthritis may find a new niche in treating blood cancers at a fraction of ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 01, 2015Neuroscience
There are a few essential ways to understand the neural workings of the human brain. One is to painstakingly map the cir ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 23, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In light of recent developments, New York Times columnist Carl Zimmer offered this perspective on National Geographic's ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 14, 2015Neuroscience
Rutgers will take the lead in a three-year study that will investigate the effectiveness of federal and state initiative ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 14, 2015Cancer
An experimental drug that attacks brain tumor tissue by crippling the cells' energy source called the mitochondria has p ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 10, 2015Immunology
supply is of everyone's utmost concern," but more research is needed to determine how best to avoid the transfer of alle ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 06, 2015Cancer
Personalized melanoma vaccines can be used to marshal a powerful immune response against unique mutations in patients' t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 03, 2015Cancer
Cancer treatments that harness the body's immune system to wipe out tumors have begun paying off for some patients for w ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 02, 2015Neuroscience
Scientists at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health have identified a unique pattern of immune molecules ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 31, 2015Cancer
Fasting in combination with chemotherapy has already been shown to kill cancer cells, but a pair of new studies in mice ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 30, 2015Cancer
Nearly 50 years after the "war on cancer" was declared in the United States, precision medicine presages an era of incre ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 16, 2015Cancer
In the late 1800s, a New York surgeon named William Coley noticed that some patients with cancer seemed to fare better i ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 13, 2015Cancer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Unituxin (dinutuximab), part of a first-line therapy for high-r ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 12, 2015Health & Medicine
Culture and economics can combine to cause sleep deprivation among American workers, especially men.
From ear ...Written By: Will HectorFEB 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Genetically engineered T memory stem cells (Tscm) can last more than 12 years in patients' bodies, and can continually g ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 27, 2015Health & Medicine
Clostridium difficile (C. difficile, or C. diff) caused almost half a million infections among patients in the United St ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 25, 2015Cardiology
Frequent use of lead aprons to protect medical professionals in the interventional lab and radiology departments from ra ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeOCT 21, 2014Health & Medicine
Studying Sepsis: Patients Have Better Outcomes When Treated in Hospitals with Higher Volume of CasesWhen patients have sepsis, a time-sensitive and hard-to-detect illness, they are more likely to survive the life-threate ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderOCT 20, 2014Videos
Scientists researching the safety of stem cells have found the cells can help improve sight in patients with vision impa ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeSEP 17, 2014Health & Medicine
The star of laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) has long been on the rise. From diabetes, to cancer, to an obscure genetic ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeJUL 24, 2014Cardiology
Previous studies linking older age with kidney and heart disease have raised concerns about the safety of living kidney ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
AUG 08, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers Amber Southwell, Michael Hayden and Blair Leavitt at the University of British Columbia Centre for Molecular
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 05, 2015
Health & Medicine
Human norovirus is a member of the Caliciviridae family of viruses which are single-stranded RNA nonenveloped viruses th
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
AUG 01, 2015
Health & Medicine
Ebola outbreaks across the globe have swept the media so hard that people are panicking about the possibility of future
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 06, 2015
Cancer
A drug that has been used to treat rheumatoid arthritis may find a new niche in treating blood cancers at a fraction of
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 01, 2015
Neuroscience
There are a few essential ways to understand the neural workings of the human brain. One is to painstakingly map the cir
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 23, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
In light of recent developments, New York Times columnist Carl Zimmer offered this perspective on National Geographic's
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 14, 2015
Neuroscience
Rutgers will take the lead in a three-year study that will investigate the effectiveness of federal and state initiative
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 14, 2015
Cancer
An experimental drug that attacks brain tumor tissue by crippling the cells' energy source called the mitochondria has p
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 10, 2015
Immunology
supply is of everyone's utmost concern," but more research is needed to determine how best to avoid the transfer of alle
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 06, 2015
Cancer
Personalized melanoma vaccines can be used to marshal a powerful immune response against unique mutations in patients' t
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 03, 2015
Cancer
Cancer treatments that harness the body's immune system to wipe out tumors have begun paying off for some patients for w
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 02, 2015
Neuroscience
Scientists at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health have identified a unique pattern of immune molecules
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 31, 2015
Cancer
Fasting in combination with chemotherapy has already been shown to kill cancer cells, but a pair of new studies in mice
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 30, 2015
Cancer
Nearly 50 years after the "war on cancer" was declared in the United States, precision medicine presages an era of incre
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 16, 2015
Cancer
In the late 1800s, a New York surgeon named William Coley noticed that some patients with cancer seemed to fare better i
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 13, 2015
Cancer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Unituxin (dinutuximab), part of a first-line therapy for high-r
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 12, 2015
Health & Medicine
Culture and economics can combine to cause sleep deprivation among American workers, especially men.
From ear ...
From ear ...
Written By:
Will Hector
FEB 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Genetically engineered T memory stem cells (Tscm) can last more than 12 years in patients' bodies, and can continually g
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 27, 2015
Health & Medicine
Clostridium difficile (C. difficile, or C. diff) caused almost half a million infections among patients in the United St
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 25, 2015
Cardiology
Frequent use of lead aprons to protect medical professionals in the interventional lab and radiology departments from ra
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
OCT 21, 2014
Health & Medicine
Studying Sepsis: Patients Have Better Outcomes When Treated in Hospitals with Higher Volume of Cases
When patients have sepsis, a time-sensitive and hard-to-detect illness, they are more likely to survive the life-threate
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
OCT 20, 2014
Videos
Scientists researching the safety of stem cells have found the cells can help improve sight in patients with vision impa
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
SEP 17, 2014
Health & Medicine
The star of laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) has long been on the rise. From diabetes, to cancer, to an obscure genetic
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
JUL 24, 2014
Cardiology
Previous studies linking older age with kidney and heart disease have raised concerns about the safety of living kidney
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider