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Physicians acted appropriately when they removed Jesica Santillan from life support without the consent of her parents, according to advice offered by an attorney who says such situations can be difficult for risk managers to handle.
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Sentinel events like the transplant error at Duke University Hospital in Durham, NC, often can be traced to a simple human failing by one individual, but risk managers look beyond that to ask how the system allowed the error to go undiscovered.
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Hospitals across the country are taking a hard look at their processes to spot weaknesses similar to those at Duke University Hospital, where a patient died because of a lack of redundancy in the system for matching donated organs.
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Pharmacists are experts at dispensing the correct drug in the correct dosage to the correct patient. Two pharmacists, however, suggest that the profession can do a better job of considering the public, collectively, as a patient.
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The final security standards and transaction modifications for electronic health information are here at last.
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The Bush administration may have failed in two attempts to offer a prescription drug discount plan, but that wont stop it from trying again.
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Use of Hip Protectors in Nursing Homes: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial; Disclosing Unanticipated Outcomes and Medical Errors; Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation to Treat Respiratory Failure Resulting from Exacerbations of COPD
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Eletriptan is the newest triptan to be approved for the treatment of migraine headaches. It marks the seventh entry into this crowded market.
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Initiation of antihypertensive treatment involving ACE inhibitors in older subjects, particularly men, appears to lead to better outcomes than treatment with diuretic agents, despite similar reductions of blood pressure.