-
Consumer Reports has rated U.S. hospitals on how patients fare during and after surgery.
-
An orthopedic surgeon who reportedly performed as many operations in two days as the typical orthopedic surgeon averages in one month is facing multiple malpractice lawsuits, as are the surgery center and hospitals where he operated.
-
-
A female doctor claimed to have suffered years of gender discrimination from a hospital's chief of surgery.
-
Consider the following points when responding to a crisis, according to Adele Cehrs, president of Epic PR Group, a public relations firm in Alexandria, VA, that assists corporations with crisis communication:
-
More than 30% of Pennsylvania healthcare facilities have successfully implemented 21 potential recommendations for preventing wrong-site surgery, according to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority (PPSA).
-
News: This case involves the death of a 36-year-old woman following the caesarean section delivery of her first child.
-
Risk manager, your time has come. With all the turmoil in the healthcare industry from changes associated with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), moves toward electronic records, and an increased focus on fraud from government regulators, you might be in more demand than ever before.
-
News: In 2005, a 43-year-old man was crushed by an all-terrain vehicle when it crashed and flipped over while he was riding it.
-
In 2006, Maria Cvach, MSN, RN, CCRN, assistant director of nursing clinical standards at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Andrew Currie, MS, CBET, the director of clinical engineering, were asked to head a team to reduce clinical alarms.
