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At most hospitals, the vast majority of physician orders are still written by hand. That means a lot of hurried squiggles that no one can decipher, and time-wasting phone calls to clarify the order, not to mention the threat to patient safety
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James L. Reinertsen, MD, received a 2010 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality award for individual achievement from The Joint Commission and the National Quality Forum
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Business groups raised an uproar over proposed changes in the interpretation of the noise protection rule, and the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration heard them.
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On January 18, OSHA administrator David Michaels, PhD, MPH, gave a speech to the advocacy group Public Citizen in Washington, DC. Here is what he had to say about an Injury and Illness Prevention Program rule:
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The first step toward building a new safety culture may be taking stock of the one you've already got. Do your employees believe that managers care about employee safety? Do they feel comfortable alerting managers to hazards? Do they use personal protective equipment when it's recommended?
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is putting the brakes on its push for new regulations.
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Health care workers at public hospitals are at much greater risk of injury than workers at private hospitals, according to new data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics.
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When emergency responders transport an incoming patient who is later found to have a potentially life-threatening disease, they need to receive prompt notification from the hospital about the exposure risk. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has proposed a list of the diseases for which hospitals must notify the emergency medical services.
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The model for safe patient handling is now a national norm.
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Healthy People 2020, the nation's blueprint for a healthier populace, includes several occupational health goals but with very low expectations for progress.
