The Institute of Medicine's latest landmark report offers a number of suggestions for improving the care and systems we have in place as they relate to the problem of ill-defined and under-reported ...

Roughly 15 years ago, the Institute of Medicine released “To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System,” a report that changed the industry forever. Today, the IOM released “Improving Diagnosis in ...

Patient safety experts say the Institute of Medicine's new report on reducing diagnostic errors is a "major milestone" in the effort to improve diagnoses, save lives and advance care. The report, ...

Diagnostic errors persist in healthcare throughout all settings and continue to harm “an unacceptable number of patients,” according to a report recently released by the Institute of Medicine.

(HealthDay News) — A new report commissioned by the U.S. government contends that most Americans will encounter at least one diagnostic error in their lifetime ...

Too little attention has been paid to diagnostic errors, an issue that could become worse if it is not addressed, according to an Institute of Medicine report released this week, Hospitals & Health ...

Last Tuesday’s report from the Institute of Medicine sent chills down America’s spine as the newest diagnostic data revealed that the vast majority of U.S. patients will get a wrong or late diagnosis ...

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In a recent blog post, ECI Healthcare Partners discusses five ways healthcare leaders can address what the Institute of Medicine calls a “moral, professional, and ...

Two things were missing from previous attempts by the Institute of Medicine to shine light on the epidemic of medical harm in U.S. healthcare: diagnostic error and a ...

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has released a report highly critical of the FDA's 510(k) medical device clearance process and called on the FDA to develop "a new framework that used both premarket ...

While acknowledging that some patients simply want the doctor to tell them what they have, the committee notes that patients and their families "contribute valuable input that will facilitate an ...