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As we go to press, a jury has cleared two ED physicians of negligence in a $67 million lawsuit filed by John Ritter's widow Amy Yasbeck in Los Angeles Superior Court.
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In early February 2008, all the ED physicians at St. Anthony's Medical Center in St. Louis, including ED medical director Ed Ferguson, MD, submitted their resignations over a dispute with the administration concerning the establishment of a physician group.
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On Feb. 7, a fire and explosion rocked the Imperial Sugar Co. plant in Port Wentworth, GA.
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Do you have an effective system in place to evaluate the quality of care received by children at your organization?
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At Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY, congestive heart failure (CHF) has been among the top discharge diagnoses for many years.
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It puts behavioral health patients at risk if the players coming to the table are not coordinating efforts to make the most efficient use of available resources, notes Mark Catalano, LCSW, manager of admissions at Seton Shoal Creek Hospital in Austin, TX.
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Review of physician performance by peers is effective when done properly, but the process is time-consuming and often very subjective.
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A major software upgrade has dramatically increased the ability of a New Jersey health system's behavioral health call center to serve as a "one-stop connection" for local emergency departments, psychiatric emergency screening services, and a stand-alone psychiatric hospital, says Dawn Fenske, director of Saint Barnabas Management Services in Toms River, NJ.
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Patient deaths from heart failure were decreased by 50%, readmissions reduced by 12%, and complications reduced by 77%, as a result of a quality improvement initiative at Texas-based Valley Baptist Health System.
