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Lawsuit Claims EHR Dangerous to Patients, Could Affect Hospitals
An electronic health record vendor is facing a class-action lawsuit claiming that faults in the product’s software threaten patient safety, and hospitals using the EHR could become entangled in the litigation.
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Study: Clergy May View End-of-Life Decision-making Differently From Clinical Team
Most U.S. clergy reject the legalization of physician-aided dying, found a recent study.
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Is Surrogate Acting in Own Self-Interest, the Patient’s, or Both?
Possible conflicts of interest should be on a clinical team’s radar if surrogates make decisions that appear to conflict with patients’ known preferences. However, there are many more likely explanations.
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Ethics of Unilateral ‘Do Not Attempt Resuscitation’ Orders in Pediatric Care
A unilateral “do not attempt resuscitation” order only is appropriate in very limited circumstances in pediatric care, according to a recent paper.
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Medical Students Engaged by Advance Care Planning Training, but Few Act
An educational session successfully engaged medical students in learning about advance care planning conversations, both professionally and personally, found a recent study.
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Early DNR Status Adversely Affects Hospitals’ Quality Metrics
Higher mortality due to DNR rates results in classification of some hospitals as performance outliers, researchers found.
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Nurses, Physicians Consider Different Factors to Decide on Family Presence During Resuscitation
Nurses and acute care physicians consider different factors for making decisions on family presence during resuscitation, found a recent study.
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Ethicists Have More Evidence That Consults Are Effective, But Outcomes Inconsistent
Ethics consults are linked to high satisfaction and more likelihood of consensus, but outcomes used are inconsistent, found a recent study.
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Hospitals Besieged by Opioid OD Patients
With U.S. emergency rooms being overrun with opioid patients, the national epidemic is putting pressure on myriad aspects of healthcare delivery. Infection prevention is no exception. -
Wash Your Hands — or People Die
A new study of 26 French nursing homes found that a multifaceted hand hygiene program including staff, residents, and visitors did indeed reduce mortality.