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During a February 2008 Joint Commission survey at Temple East/Northeastern Hospital, a 187-bed community hospital in Philadelphia, surveyors asked several staff members if they knew how to contact The Joint Commission about quality or safety concerns.
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Nearly half (43%) of hospitals surveyed in the first half of 2007 were not compliant with The Joint Commission's standard requiring medications be properly and safely stored, and 20% were non-compliant with the requirement for medication orders to be written clearly and transcribed accurately.
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Seasonal increases in respiratory illnesses. Overflowing emergency departments (EDs) when other hospitals go on ambulance diversion. Scheduling issues with the operating room. Physicians failing to make timely decisions on transferring patients. Your facility failing to grow in response to the needs of the community.
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With advances in medical science, patients with serious congenital diseases are living into adulthood. Where once cystic fibrosis patients died in infancy, patients now live into their 40s. Although many of the standard treatments for COPD apply to cystic fibrosis, there are specific differences in management, which this monograph highlights.
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The adenomatous polyp (ADP) is recognized as the primary predecessor of colon cancer (CCA), prompting management strategies to identify and remove ADP.
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Two recent studies suggest that rapid TIA evaluation and treatment can reduce stroke risk.