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This summary of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas experience with the first Ebola patient in the United States is compiled from statements and data provided by the hospital and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):
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The patient, an adult woman, was admitted to a hospital in early September 2002, approximately two months before her due date. She was diagnosed with preeclampsia by an obstetrician, and the obstetrician decided to induce labor rather than perform a caesarean section.
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Your hospitals mistakes will be public again, as federal regulators reverse course to resume publicly releasing data on errors.
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The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued a proposed rule that would amend the safe harbors to the anti-kickback statute and the civil monetary penalty (CMP) rules to protect certain payment practices and business arrangements from criminal prosecution or civil sanction
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Electronic health records (EHRs) can be a boon to clinical care, until the system goes down or the power goes off. Then the clinicians might be flummoxed by how to do things the old-fashioned way with paper and pen, or they might not have the resources necessary.
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The recent cases of Ebola in the United States have revealed significant risk management concerns for the treatment of this disease or any other infectious disease. Because the potential liability is so high, risk managers should consider their hospitals readiness for such an emergency.
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If a patient shows up at your emergency department (ED) with risk factors for Ebola, are you ready to fulfill your obligations under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA)? Complying might not be a simple task.
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Clinicians deal with plenty of dangerous substances and infectious diseases, but the idea of caring for an Ebola patient can make even the most dedicated nurse waver. When employees are reluctant to take on that task, risk managers must ensure that the hospital is not violating employment laws that might apply.
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The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued a proposed rule that would amend the safe harbors to the anti-kickback statute and the civil monetary penalty (CMP) rules to protect certain payment practices and business arrangements from criminal prosecution or civil sanction.
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The patient, an adult man, was scheduled for a standard cataract surgery in 2008 on his left eye. During the procedure, the ophthalmologist ordered a dye named VisionBlue that is used to stain the cataract in the eye so that it can be more easily visualized and removed during the surgery. However, although the ophthalmologist ordered the correct dye, the nurse who fulfilled the request instead brought methylene blue rather than the correct VisionBlue.
