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This description of the Condition H system comes from Tamra Merryman, RN, MSN, FACHE, vice president of the Center for Quality Improvement and Innovation for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Health System.
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The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) West Coast Office has told the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) it is concerned about an issue in direct-to-consumer (DTC) medical marketing ...
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) says a state Medicaid agency and Medicare Advantage plan may share protected health information to identify dually eligible enrollees.
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A pregnant woman in labor was admitted to the hospital. In agony due to the large size of the baby, the patient asked for epidural anesthesia.
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Risk managers should encourage health care staff to think of a six-step aggression continuum, suggests Steve Wilder, CHSP, EMT-P, a security consultant with Sorenson, Wilder & Associates in Bradley, IL
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Most aggressive behavior in a health care setting can be controlled before it turns violent if you know the right strategies to use.
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Staff respond best to positive feedback and to seeing that their participation results in a meaningful change in the workplace.
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Every risk manager thinks the job is too big for one person, especially as health systems keep heaping on more and more responsibility, so maybe you shouldn't try to do it alone.
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Condition H was prompted by the experience of Sorrel King, whose daughter Josie died in 2001 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore due to medical errors.
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The idea of a Code Blue is well ingrained in hospitals. When the designated team hears that page for cardiac arrest, they drop everything and go running to help.