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News: An elderly man suffering from a bloody cough did not receive a bronchoscopy to examine his lower airways until six months after initially visiting his primary care physician.
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The popular belief that a nonpunitive approach will reduce errors and not get in the way of proper discipline of employees is being challenged by new research that suggests the tactic may not be entirely compatible with efforts to improve patient safety.
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The recent settlement of the Scruggs charity care lawsuit by a prominent West Coast health system means that more are probably on the way.
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Partnering with patients and family members can provide dramatic new insight into patient safety issues and directly reduce medical errors, according to the experience of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.
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One of the most successful Patient and Family Advisory Council (PFAC) efforts at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston is the practice of "patient safety rounds," ...
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Once again, clinical experts are debating whether it is necessary to require flu vaccinations for health care works but risk managers must look at the issue a little differently from infection control professionals and epidemiologists.
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An 83-year-old nursing home resident developed severe decubitus ulcers. After the nursing home failed to treat the ulcers, they became infected, and the woman subsequently died.
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A 73-year-old woman with a history of peripheral artery disease underwent elective femoral bypass surgery. Post-surgical complications developed, but six weeks later she returned to the nursing home where she had been prior to the hospitalization.
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The difficult part of adopting a "just culture" philosophy may be defining exactly what constitutes reckless and willful behavior.
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Allegations of Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) violations as part of the charity care lawsuits should prompt risk managers to take yet another hard look at how their emergency department staff discuss payment with patients.
