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It seems benign enough, with its simple language and cartoon bugs, a piece of paper like so many others that might be handed to patients or family members upon admission. But make no mistake about it, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) has put some powerful medicine in the hands of vulnerable patients with a newly designed education handout.
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Once a child goes home after surgery, parents are left with little guidance on how to best help their children cope with pain.
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An anesthesiologist was suspended after allegations that he sexted during surgery, at one point sending 45 messages during a single operation.
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Healthcare facilities are offering financial counseling and online price estimates to patients who call with questions about cost. Staff members from providers offices also are calling to obtain estimates on behalf of patients.
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Hospitals vary substantially in their use of minimally invasive surgery, even when evidence shows that for most patients, minimally invasive surgery is superior to open surgery, a new study shows.
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A new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) reports that the payments for common workers compensation surgeries conducted at ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are lower than many of the payments for similar surgeries performed at hospital outpatient settings.
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A common issue, complaint, concern, and frustration that most of us in healthcare share is the implied But what have you done for me today?
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As outbreaks continue to be reported due to unsafe injection practices and improper use of medication vials, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is telling its surveyors to contact public health departments immediately if they see such flagrant breaches of infection control.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to investigate outbreaks as a result of unsafe injection practices. These mistakes and knowledge gaps put healthcare providers and patients at risk.
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Criminal prosecutions of physicians for grossly substandard care almost invariably involve the death of multiple patients revealing a pattern of gross negligence or reckless indifference to patient safety, says Ben A. Rich, JD, PhD, professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of California Davis Health Systems School of Medicine.
