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Editor's note: In the August 2008 issue, Medical Ethics Advisor reported on a new requirement by The Joint Commission to become effective January 2009 that hospitals monitor and correct so-called "disruptive behaviors" by health care professionals at their institutions. This month, MEA spoke with Laurie Zoloth at Northwestern University's Center for Bioethics, Science and Society. To discuss how physicians should address either incompetent or other bad behavior by other physicians.
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Editor's note: Medical Ethics Advisor is beginning an occasional series with articles designed to help provide useful information in the organizing and administration of ethics committees.
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"In interacting with the medical community, we are committed to following the highest ethical standards, as well as all legal requirements. We are also concerned that our interactions with health care professionals not be perceived as inappropriate by patients or the public at large. This Code is to reinforce our intention that our interactions with health care professionals are professional exchanges designed to benefit patients and to enhance the practice of medicine."
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The American Cancer Society in Atlanta and the National Medical Association in Washington, DC, have joined the strengths of their respective organizations targeted to end disparities in cancer treatment and diagnosis among ethnic minority and underserved population groups.
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End-of-life issues should be discussed while people are in good health. Just as people prepare for birth, it is important to prepare for death.
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Some of the Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) are easier to monitor than others, such as reducing the likelihood of harm associated with the use of anticoagulants, which can be tracked electronically.
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If medical staff members were asked what they think of quality professionals at their organization, what do you think they'd have to say? Too often, there is a perception that quality improvement is just another administrative impediment to patient care and interferes with the clinician/patient relationship.
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Dealing with too much data is "like drinking from a fire hose," says David A. Snyder, MD, vice president of patient care quality and safety at MCG Health in Augusta, GA.
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The Planetree model is almost 30 years old but its essence is timeless, says Janet Powell Morin, RN, chief culture officer and former vice president, patient care services at Mid-Columbia Medical Center (MCMC) in The Dalles, OR.
