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When one Oregon hospital conducted an Amber Alert drill for a missing child recently, hospital officials got more of a response than they intended. No one had notified the police that it was just a drill, and so four police cars went roaring to the hospital with lights and sirens.
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These essential steps to your facilitys cyber security were provided by Joseph Wager, MS, RCP, senior risk management and patient safety specialist for the Cooperative of American Physicians in Los Angeles.
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A Connecticut hospital saw a 50% drop in malpractice liability claims and payments when it made patient safety initiatives a priority by training doctors and nurses to improve teamwork and communication, hiring a patient safety nurse, and standardizing practices, according to a study by researchers at the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, CT.
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Organ donation consent rates are significantly lower among Hispanics, blacks, and Asians compared to whites, according to recent studies.
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Patients get the specific care they want at the end of life when they document their wishes using a physician orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST) form, according to a recent study.
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Older individuals who have experience with end-of-life care of others demonstrate greater readiness to participate in advance care planning, according to a recent study.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) recommended in 2013 that predictive genetic testing for adult-onset disorders should not be done in children.
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Bioethicists can advocate for improved communication with family caregivers when a patient is going to be discharged from the hospital.
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The Food and Drug Administration recently held hearings on mitochondrial manipulation to determine whether additional research is needed before proceeding to clinical trials. Ethical concerns include:
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Advance directives enabling people with advanced dementia to refuse food and water as a way of hastening death are controversial.