2 Stories You Need: Transparency Pays, AI Tool Points to Breast Cancer
We know you’re busy, but we don’t want you to miss important healthcare quality and patient safety news. Here are a couple of stories you may want to take a look at before calling it a week. (Subscribe today if you’d like these news alerts delivered to you.)
- Transparency pays: Hospitals score poorly in last state required to disclose safety
Learn more about the report just released by the Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit healthcare quality watchdog organization, giving 15 U.S. hospitals failing safety grades. The report, which includes data for all 50 states for the first time, reveals strides made by organizations quick to embrace transparency as well as collaborate regarding patient safety. USA Today - Machine learning helps Mass General predict cancerous breast lesions
A team of researchers in Massachusetts has developed a new tool with the potential to reduce unnecessary breast cancer surgeries by one-third. Access their study, published online in the journal Radiology, here. HealthData Management
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