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A man presented at an emergency department (ED) complaining of shortness of breath and chest pain. He was seen by an ED physician who ordered blood studies and an EKG.
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Eric Hess, vice president of Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), provides these examples of how risk management concerns were incorporated into the hospital's recently completed $625 million redesign:
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Risk managers may participate in the management of a facility building or remodeling project by overseeing the myriad hazards and liabilities that can crop up along the way, but you may be missing a great opportunity to advance your own concerns if you don't immerse yourself in the earliest stages of the design process.
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Health and Hospital Corp., the parent company of Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, NY, has settled a lawsuit filed by the family of a woman who died on a waiting room floor - but went unnoticed for more than an hour.
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In addition to the other ways that the country's economic downturn is affecting health care providers, emergency departments (EDs) are now seeing an increase in the number of patients leaving the ED early, because they do not want to be hit with a big medical bill when they are without health insurance and possibly without a job.
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As U.S. deaths from the H1N1 virus have mounted in recent months, media reports began to include the inevitable comments from hospital spokespeople that the patients who died had "pre-existing conditions," with no specifics given.
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Reducing bloodborne pathogen exposures remains a primary concern for employee health nurses, according to a survey of members by the Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare (AOHP).
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There's more to needle safety than a safety device. That conclusion, simple as it may sound, led BJC Healthcare in St. Louis to analyze the environment of care and clinical technique as it seeks to reduce injuries from subcutaneous injections.
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Some hospitals have virtually eliminated annual fit-testing by relying on powered air-purifying respirators (PAPRs). But the advent of novel H1N1 brings into focus a reality of pandemic preparedness: You're going to need to conduct just-in-time fit-testing despite the PAPR use.
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The rural Iowa community of Marshalltown may seem an unlikely place to be an epicenter of a new pandemic. But this spring, the town of about 26,000 coped with a sudden outbreak of novel H1N1, demonstrating why pandemic preparedness is so important for every hospital.