In my May 2015 article on Risk-Based Thinking (RBT), I discussed the current state of healthcare related to risk and our current performance as a profession.  Since that article, there have been other journal articles that showed improvements in our performance, related to risk, which we all know translates to patient safety.  Today I see that 241 hospitals appeared on the CMS HAC (Hospital Acquired Conditions) list for the third year in a row. Continue reading →