Many hospital medication cabinets can be searched by inputting only a few letters. Since 2017, there have been at least eight reports of hospital staff accidentally withdrawing and then administering or nearly administering the wrong drug for this re...

It is prudent for every physician to understand tort law and the foundations of medical negligence, because medical negligence is the most common basis for a medical malpractice action.

A new state law takes effect later this year that requires insurers to offer the “Colorado Option,” a plan on the state-run Affordable Care Act marketplace with benefits that have been standardized by the state. Colorado is requiring those plans to b...

This article presents a deliberate five-step approach for making the business case for quality.

Physician leaders can decrease healthcare disparities such as misdiagnosis and inadequate treatment, thus decreasing patient safety hazards.

Despite widespread enthusiasm for the idea of shared decision-making, health systems have not prioritized its use.

Loss of autonomy is a concern that physicians raise when thinking about variation reduction. For physicians, autonomy is a core issue.

Faced with the likelihood that the next pandemic will have elements that are both unpredictable and hard to control, the United States needs to turn to an approach that relies not on excruciatingly detailed plans but on adaptive capabilities in at le...

Having a clearer idea of how these apps and devices do and don’t change behavior can help health care organizations better strategize how to create better care for their patients.

This article offers case studies of several instances of aortic dissection that resulted in malpractice actions being brought against physicians and analyzes the results as a way to illuminate the way the legal system works.

This article reviews the impact of stress on top-performing athletes and relates that to how physicians also experience stress, burnout, and depression, and presents possible solutions to this problem.

This article defines workplace experience and suggests that a positive workplace experience will increase employee productivity.