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Consider these tips before making your high-stakes trip to talk to the CEO or other top executives.
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The patient, a 24-year-old woman, sought treatment from a hospital and was complaining of abdominal pain and related stomach problems. After admission, a physician prepared to perform an endoscopy to diagnose the stomach problems
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Obesity-related lawsuits against providers have risen 64% in six years, according to a claims analysis by national medical liability insurer The Doctors Company, based in Napa, CA.
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Risk managers should be directly involved with choosing an electronic health record (EHR) system and also with building the system, says Robert Hitchcock, MD, FACEP, a practicing ED physician in Dallas and an Emergency Department Practice Management Association (EDPMA) board member.
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Checklists are a good resource for helping staff assess situations that might or might not need intervention from a risk management professional, says R. Stephen Trosty, JD, MHA, ARM, CPHRM, president of Risk Management Consulting in Haslett, MI, and a past president of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM) in Chicago.
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Ten hospitals in the Tennessee Surgical Quality Collaborative (TSQC) have reduced surgical complications by 19.7% since 2009, resulting in at least 533 lives saved and $75.2 million in reduced costs, according to new results presented at the recent national conference of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP).
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Research shows that electronic health records (EHRs) can threaten patient safety long after they are first implemented. The cause is a mix of human and technological errors.
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Many people are nervous about meeting with the CEO or other top-level executives, but preparation will make you more confident and improve your chances of being viewed favorably, says Greg Bustin, a leadership and strategic planning consultant in Dallas.
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The patient, a 36-year-old woman, was pregnant with her second child in 2003. Near the end of her second trimester, the patient went into labor three times and was admitted to a medical center for a total of 11 days, during which time her labor was stopped with medication and bed rest.
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One common problem electronic health records (EHRs) is that lists and medication lists are not updated, says Bill Fera, MD, principal with the Ernst & Young Americas Advisory Health Care Sector in Pittsburgh, PA.
