Huntsville Hospital Falls to F in Latest Grade Report on Medical Errors and Patient Safety

Huntsville Hospital falls to F in latest grade report on medical errors and patient safety

Huntsville Hospital received below-average scoring in antibiotic-resistant bacteria infection, kidney injury after surgery, and dangerous bedsores.

When errors of nature are treated as medical negligence

Risk management has been around for centuries. In ancient times, there were oracles and soothsayers. In the 1950s, risk management became a science. Nevertheless, 75 years later, a medical malpractice lawsuit is still a problem. An unknown number of claims are reviewed by lawyers, but 85,000 lawsuits are represented. Of these, 66.6 percent are frivolous. Read more… When errors of nature are treated as medical negligence originally appeared in Ke…

Berkshire Medical Center Earns ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade

PITTSFIELD — Berkshire Medical Center, the community teaching hospital of Berkshire Health Systems, has earned an ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade from the Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit watchdog focused on patient safety. Leapfrog assigns an ‘A,’ ‘B,’ ‘C,’ ‘D,’ or ‘F’ grade to general hospitals across the country based on more than 30 measures of errors, accidents, injuries, and infections, as well as the systems hospitals have in p…