by Tony Chen

Some of you may have seen that the Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA)recently announced that all MA hospitals will take responsibility for preventable errors. Part of the press release:

"Massachusetts Hospitals will voluntarily adopt a policy to not charge patients or insurers for certain preventable adverse events. While many hospitals already follow such a policy, Massachusetts becomes only the second state in the nation to take the step of voluntarily adopting a concrete, uniform policy."

Read the ABC story here on a good overview of hospital preventable errors. Also worth checking on is MHA's patientsfirst website that highlights what have hospitals done for you lately?