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A New York City jury has decided that a hospital did nothing wrong when it tried to examine the rectum of a construction worker who had been hit on the head by a falling wooden beam. The man had sued the hospital, claiming that he was examined against his will after being sedated and restrained.
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When it comes to patient safety, everyone says they want to do the right thing for patients. But that noble intention sometimes isn't enough when it comes time to look at the budget and decide which good intentions get funded this year.
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According to a new analysis by the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC), U.S. hospitals continue to implement palliative care programs at a rapid pace.
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Palliative care is an obligation owed every patient with critical disease, and not just those for whom curative options have been exhausted, according to a national medical society.
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When the first psychiatric advance directives (PADs) began to appear in state legislation more than 20 years ago, they were largely considered to be an end-of-life tool, much like general advance directives. But as more states have passed PAD laws — 25 states now have laws specifically providing for PADs — their usefulness has expanded.
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Electronic health records aren't new to the staff at St. John Home Health and Hospice in Tulsa, OK. However, when the agency switched from its 11-year-old software to a new program, it was not a simple process, but it was a necessary one.
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Unfortunately, even with the growth in hospice access as a result of the Medicare Hospice Benefit enacted in 1982, a new study shows significant gaps in access due to locations of hospice agencies.
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As the old adage goes, "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em." That's exactly what the ED leaders at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle did about one year ago when they noticed the rapid growth of urgent care clinics within local pharmacies.
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An ED manager must work closely with several other departments to ensure the success of a sepsis treatment program, says Tom Sweeney, MD, FACEP, vice chair of emergency medicine at Christiana Care Health Services of Wilmington, DE.
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Things were a little slower than normal on Tuesday evening, March 25, in the ED at Caritas Norwood (MA) Hospital.
