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Most organizations that are looking for what went wrong after an error are familiar with the Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) method.
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News: A 32-year-old woman presented to the hospital following a planned home delivery with the assistance of a midwife.
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This is a portion of the Elective Delivery Policy use at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville to minimize unnecessary deliveries before 39 weeks gestation:
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Hospitals are taking a closer look at visitor access, especially in units such as obstetrics where visitors should be monitored closely, and one hospital is finding success with a key card similar to those used in hotels.
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News: In one of the largest verdicts handed down in recent Florida history, a hospital was ordered to pay $178 million in damages for permanently disabling a 38-year-old patient during gastric bypass surgery.
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Replacing the American medical liability system with a no-fault patients compensation system would create at least $2.6 trillion in savings over 10 years, according to a new study by the German economics firm BioScience Valuation in Grainau.
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Infant abduction is a constant threat to hospitals with obstetrics units, and many facilities have implemented sophisticated technology in recent years to lower that risk. The strengths of the technology were illustrated in one recent abduction, but another revealed a process failure that allowed a baby to be taken for five hours.
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Elective deliveries before 39 weeks, often performed as a convenience to the patient or the physician, have long been known to threaten patient safety and risk hospital liability. One hospital is reporting great success with a checklist and firm refusal to permit early deliveries without a good reason.