By Christopher Cheney, HealthLeaders Media Surgical staplers are the top medical technology hazard for 2020, according to the ECRI Institute. Twenty years after publication of the Institute of Medicine's landmark report To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System , patient safety remains a significant concern for the healthcare sector ...

Most female physicians say male peers earn higher compensation MedpageToday by Christopher Cheney, HealthLeaders Media December 15, 2019 A new survey found that most female physicians have experienced gender discrimination, and most believe they are paid less than equally qualified male physicians. American medicine was a male-dominated field through ...

New research largely supports the claims of critics MedpageToday by Christopher Cheney, HealthLeaders Media December 01, 2019 Freestanding emergency departments (FrEDs) increased emergency care spending in three of four states examined in a recent study. Advocates of FrEDs claim they can ease overcrowding at hospital-based emergency rooms and provide ...