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Murder allegations against a physician and two nurses at a New Orleans hospital have stirred up the health care industry, especially the hospitals and other providers that suffered through the dire conditions after Hurricane Katrina hit in August 2005.
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Patient handoff now is known to be a high-risk time, with the transfer of responsibilities opening up the potential for misunderstandings, incomplete information, and other failures of communication that can threaten patient safety.
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The murder accusations against clinicians at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans are another blow to the troubled Tenet Healthcare Corp., based in Dallas.
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The president of the American Society for Health-care Risk Management (ASHRM), Peggy B. Martin, notes how the Tenet Healthcare Corp., the parent company of Memorial Medical Center, seems to be distancing itself from the accused clinicians.
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A man arrived at the emergency department (ED) with chest pain. While doctors attempted to find the cause of the pain, an inadvertent dislodging of the man's intravenous line (IV) caused swelling in his arm muscle...
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Wandering occurs in 15%-60% of people with dementia.
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A recent settlement by a New Jersey hospital chain should alert risk managers that federal investigators are taking a harder look at charge increases and possible violations of Medicare rules, says an attorney who has been following the case.
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While SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation) technique is a fairly straightforward concept, implementing the methodology can be more difficult than you might expect.
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is embroiled in a legal battle with the American Nurses Association (ANA) over the issue of hospital staffing levels.
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If there is a vaccine shortage, using additional strategies if necessary to ensure those who are identified as needing the vaccine are targeted.