Jan Peter Ozga
PresidentJan Peter Ozga is president of Medical Business Exchange, a Washington, D.C. area consulting firm, which has prepared “How Safe is YOUR Hospital?,” a slide presentation available via its website.
Jan Peter Ozga is president of Medical Business Exchange, a Washington, D.C. area consulting firm, which has prepared “How Safe is YOUR Hospital?,” a slide presentation available via its website.
Health plan sponsors have a valuable role to play in preventing avoidable deaths from medical mistakes, says Joe Kiani, president of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation.
Employers can take immediate steps to help hospitals ensure that employees, dependents — and all patients — are in better shape after they leave the hospital than when they went in.
Plan sponsors can take immediate steps to help hospitals ensure that employees, dependents -- and all patients –are in better shape after they leave the hospital than when they went in.
Commentary: Even the best hospitals are not immune to medical mistakes. However, there are steps employers can take to educate themselves about its costs.
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Employers looking for good news on patient safety got a mixed bag of recent news especially the discouraging report that nearly half of American hospitals fall short in nursing standards.
Lawmakers are pushing through several pieces of legislation that encourage better health information technology, especially interoperability, which will help reduce medical errors.
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services had reported a drop in hospital medical mistakes, and many point to better use of health information technology - a trend employers may also take advantage of.
Despite the efforts of patient safety and advocacy groups, hundreds of Americans die each day because of preventable hospital errors, accidents and injuries. Addressing and improving that safety for sick workers should be a top priority.