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The following advice for conducting critical birth drills comes from Stanley Davis, MD, an OB-GYN specialist at Fairview Health Services in Minneapolis.
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The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) in Cambridge, MA, announced recently that U.S. hospitals taking part in an 18-month effort to prevent 100,000 unnecessary deaths by dramatically improving patient care have exceeded that goal.
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More than three-fifths of Americans surveyed by the Health Coalition on Liability and Access (HCLA) support passage of comprehensive medical liability reform legislation.
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News: Upon the premature birth of a baby, a doctor recommended a dose of aminophylline to treat the brief pauses in the infant's breathing.
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A Texas hospital was recently involved in an infant abduction case that shows some strengths of the typical measures employed on many newborn units, but it also demonstrates the weaknesses that can make babies vulnerable if staff are not vigilant.
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Many hospitals have their newborn unit staff wear a distinctive scrubs color or other uniform so that it is easier to recognize that they are authorized to handle the infants, ...
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The infant abduction in Lubbock, TX, didn't happen until the baby had been discharged and was at home with her mother, so what's the potential liability for the hospital?
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A special rider available on some insurance coverage could help cover the costs associated with an infant abduction at your facility.
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Outside engineers can give risk managers a fresh perspective on design and procedures that affect the likelihood of patients falling, according to a team that was able to reduce falls in one hospital by more than 50% in fewer than two years.
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) has announced the 2007 National Patient Safety Goals.
