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A unique nationwide patient safety project funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) reduced the rate of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in intensive care units by 40%, according to the agency's preliminary findings of the largest national effort to combat CLABSIs to date.
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Nurses are more likely to catch medical errors in supportive hospitals, according to a recent study.
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When protecting a hospital's possible targets, the first step is a threat assessment, says Zachary Goldfarb, EMT-P, CHSP, CHEP, CEM, principal with Incident Management Solutions, a company in Uniondale, NY, that helps hospitals and other organizations prepare for and respond to emergencies.
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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently issued a warning to hospitals about the risk of the theft of radiological materials, which could be used to make a dirty bomb. Experts caution that the presence of radiological materials in a hospital brings a significant obligation to provide security.
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Operating a small hospital doesnt mean you cant think big. Ellenville Regional Hospital (ERH), a 25-bed rural hospital in Wawarsing, NY, is enjoying success with a medication reconciliation and patient safety project that would be the envy of any large teaching institution by reducing medication-related events to a very low 0.1 occurrences per 1,000 doses dispensed.
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Risk managers and malpractice defense and plaintiffs attorneys are divided over whether the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will have a direct impact on the number of malpractice cases.
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The key to survival in the post-Affordable Care Act (ACA) world is to make sure the organization has a vigorous corporate enterprise risk management process, says James Ron Kennedy, MHA, ARM, AIC, vice president for risk management and patient safety at Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Co. (LAMMICO) in Metairie.
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NYU Langone Medical Center, part of New York University, has changed its procedures for handling potential cases of septic shock after the death of a 12-year-old boy who was misdiagnosed.
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Long-term care liability loss rates and claim severity have reached an eight-year high and are expected to grow steadily in 2013 against a backdrop of healthcare provider budget constraints and uncertainty about healthcare reform, according to a new report from Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon.
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Medical malpractice payments in 2011 were at their lowest level on record by almost any measure, according to a report by the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen in Washington, DC.
