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According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the minimum elements of a medical surveillance program for hazardous drugs are included in this article.
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Faced with a shortage of hospital beds that extends throughout the state of Washington, St. Joseph's Medical Center in Tacoma has embarked on an "express discharge" initiative, which alerts the treatment team a day in advance when physicians anticipate the patient is almost ready for discharge.
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An accident has left John, 52, with a C-4 cervical-level fracture, and the prognosis is that he will remain a quadriplegic. Hospitalized in the intensive care unit, John has been assigned a catastrophic case manager, who has met with him and his wife, Mary.
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Beginning July 2, hospitals must begin a new process of notifying Medicare beneficiaries of their discharge appeal rights.
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In the wake of a first-of-its-kind settlement regarding the discharge of a homeless woman by a Kaiser Permanente hospital in Southern California, indications are that the disturbing issues it aims to address are far from unique.
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With increasing demands on case managers' time and expertise, many professionals believe a reevaluation of staffing ratios is in order. The fact that staffing models vary significantly among hospitals complicates the issue.
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Treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in elderly patients remains problematic. Recent data suggests imatinib with chemotherapy is both effective and well-tolerated in elderly patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive ALL.
