The National Patient Safety Foundation offers a free checklist that encourages patients to take an active role in their healthcare. The checklist includes actions that patients can take to partner ...

Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School researchers found patient-centered perioperative checklists may help surgeons in outpatient settings bolster patient ...

The University of Washington is the first U.S. site involved in a global pilot program to test a surgical checklist aimed at improving patient safety in the operating room. The program launched ...

Virtual nurse Adrienne Sanchez prepares to connect with a patient at LMH Health. Telemedicine isn’t a new concept in health care. Connecting with your health care provider online is a great way to get ...

A new report from cardiologists at UT Southwestern raises the hope that doctors will be able to visually check the jugular venous pressure of heart failure patients remotely, using the camera on a ...

Premier Family Physicians, a nine-location group practice based in Austin, Texas, seeks to ensure its providers have the tools they need and processes in place to support patient care and get through ...

If you haven’t been to the doctor lately, there might be some new changes as you check-in in at Essentia Health. Essentia is using a new way for patients checking in for their appointment with health ...

The most profound learning experience I had in my the first 2 years of medical school was not in the lecture hall or the library, but on the 7 train from Queens to Manhattan. Just after my first ...