29 June 2011The Providence Journal

Rhode Island Hospital: No wrong-site surgeries since 2009

By G. Wayne MillerNew procedures aimed at preventing wrong-site surgery have proved effective at Rhode Island Hospital, Dr. Mary Reich Cooper, senior vice president and chief quality control officer for Lifespan Corporation, the hospital's parent company, said Wednesday during a teleconference sponsored by the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare. Since a one-day operating-room shutdown in November 2009 that followed several publicized cases of wrong-site surgery at the Provide [...]

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