A doctor has been banned from practicing medicine after he nearly killed a patient by mistakenly creating a “closed loop” ...

There are numerous calls for building health care delivery systems that are more patient centered. The focus on patient-centered care has increasingly begun to rely upon, and even merge with, the ...

Even in today’s world of medical breakthroughs, it isn’t unusual for a patient to present to their doctor with a set of symptoms that don’t neatly fit into a currently understood diagnosis. Sometimes, ...

Despite progress on patient safety since the publication of the Institute of Medicine’s 1999 report, To Err Is Human, significant problems remain. Human factors and systems engineering (HF/SE) has ...

By employing wearable devices to support patient monitoring between the hospital and home, Philips hopes to improve care ...

This is the first in a series of articles that focuses on your rights as a patient—both inside the hospital and out. First up, we explore the “Patient’s Bill of Rights” (yes, that’s a thing!). If ...