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In this issue: FDA warnings for existing drugs dominate pharmaceutical news this month.
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Increasingly, hospitals are being required to make public their surveillance data on hospital-related infections as quality indicators.
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Lipid abnormalities can be problematic in HIV-positive patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) due to the risk of premature coronary artery disease developing in susceptible patients.
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The perception of health care risks motivates behaviors in healthcare workers as well as patients.
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Self-pay emergency department patients who have no primary care provider are being referred to a nearby primary care and specialty center under a program in place at St. Mary's Hospital in Tucson, AZ, part of the Carondelet Health Network.
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Patients, the press, and payers all eyes are on the topic of hospital-acquired infections. Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the Medicare program will no longer provide reimbursement for the additional costs incurred for these conditions.
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It can happen in any hospital. A cardiac surgery patient develops sepsis following a peripheral IV device-related infection. This infection ultimately contributes to the patient's death. Per Joint Commission standards, this event should undergo a root cause analysis (RCA).
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At Gautier, MS-based Singing River Hospital System, quality professionals were struggling with a lack of timely feedback on core measure compliance due to a retrospective data collection process.
