Elderly with cognitive issues in Oregon risk getting lost, but state resources, including a prompt law enforcement response, ...

Nearly half of Quebec seniors’ residences that house people at risk of wandering still lack the provincially mandated ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services remains acutely focused on patient harm and will introduce new measures addressing patient safety later this year, agency leaders said at an event in ...

CMS’ new safety measures are a welcome addition for Peter Silver, MD, senior vice president, chief quality officer and associate chief medical officer of New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health.

CMS will add seven new measures to its hospital inpatient quality reporting program as part of its Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System final rule released Aug. 1. The patient safety measure ...