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Hospital Reduces Patient Falls by 80%
AdventHealth in Tampa Bay, FL, successfully reduced patient falls by 80% through predictive modeling, enhanced education, and a strong culture of continuous improvement and zero harm. The risk manager says other hospitals can learn from the experience and implement strategies to seek the same results.
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TJC Issues Sentinel Event Alert on Responding to Severe Weather Incidents
On the heels of recent hurricanes and other severe weather, The Joint Commission has issued a Sentinel Event Alert, “Environmental disasters: Preparing to safely evacuate or shelter in place.” The alert outlines steps for healthcare organizations to consider as they prepare for weather and climate-related disasters, such as hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, floods, and extreme heat.
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HHS Drops Appeal on Website Tracking, but Some of Rule Still Applies
Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced that it will not appeal its unfavorable court decision in American Hospital Association v. Becerra, in which the American Hospital Association and other groups sued HHS to bar enforcement of a new rule adopted in guidance by the Office for Civil Rights titled “Use of Online Tracking Technologies by HIPAA-Covered Entities and Business Associates.”
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Leapfrog’s Latest Hospital Report Shows Improvement
The most recent Hospital Safety Grades from The Leapfrog Group, an independent nonprofit focused on patient safety, show improvement in key areas. The fall 2024 report evaluated nearly 3,000 hospitals on their ability to prevent medical errors, accidents and infections.
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California Court Rules Nurse Lacks Qualifications as Expert Witness in TBI Case
The California Court of Appeal addressed the importance of expert witness qualifications in a medical malpractice case stemming from a wrongful death claim. The lawsuit was brought by the father of a young man in his 20s who experienced a severe traumatic brain injury after a motor vehicle accident. The father alleged that the hospital’s negligent treatment and failure to follow appropriate protocols during the patient’s care contributed to his son’s death.
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California Affirms No Duty of Care Without Physician-Patient Relationship
The Court of Appeal for California’s Third District recently upheld a summary judgment in favor of a cardiologist in a medical malpractice case. The lawsuit was brought by the adult children of a patient who died after experiencing a cardiac emergency at a Sacramento County hospital. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendant, the on-call interventional cardiologist, negligently refused to provide care, ultimately contributing to their father’s death.
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Preventing, Identifying, and Managing Pediatric Malaria
Malaria has infested every continent except Antarctica and is ranked as the third-leading cause of death for children 1 month to 5 years of age globally. Acute care providers need to be able to identify and manage a child with malaria.
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Acoramidis Tablets (Attruby)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved acoramidis, an oral drug for the treatment of transthyretin-related amyloid cardiomyopathy.
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Intravenous Tenecteplase for Stroke After 4.5 Hours Does Not Improve Outcome
Standard therapy for acute ischemic stroke is intravenous thrombolysis within 4.5 hours from onset of symptoms. Alteplase has been the standard medication, but in recent years, tenecteplase has supplanted alteplase because of its ease of administration as a single intravenous bolus and lower cost.
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Parasites and Poverty in the South
Parasite contamination of soil remains prevalent in some areas of the southern United States.