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29 Oct 2010, 6:55 am
The use of surgical checklists is still not standard practice in hospitals across Canada. [read post]
30 May 2018, 6:48 am
The case involves a challenge to an Arkansas law that requires providers of medication abortion to have contracts with doctors who have admitting and surgical/gynecological privileges at hospitals. [read post]
17 Mar 2022, 2:58 pm
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently announced in a memorandum it will proceed with a highly focused, short-term initiative directed at general medical and surgical hospitals, psychiatric and substance abuse hospitals, and skilled nursing and assisted living facilities that provide care to or handle COVID-19 patients. [read post]
30 Dec 2016, 6:00 am
Vincent Hospital is now in good standing after filing an acceptable corrective action plan. [read post]
5 Mar 2009, 9:53 am
• Thousand Oaks Surgical Hospital (Thousand Oaks, Ventura County): A patient had to have a second operation after the hospital failed to follow procedures and medical workers left a sponge in her body. [read post]
20 Jun 2016, 1:29 pm
After over two years battling Cigna in its typical out-of-network fraud and fee-forgiveness protocol claims, Humble Surgical Hospital, LLC emerged victorious in a court judgement in the Southern District of Texas. [read post]
18 Oct 2011, 8:41 am
Hospital Compare is also evaluating rates of specific medical errors, like giving patients the wrong type of blood, leaving surgical implements in patients’ bodies following surgery, and patient falls. [read post]
7 Jan 2016, 1:06 pm
The parent of the hospitalized partner may try to ask the hospital to bar the other partner from visiting. [read post]
10 Dec 2012, 1:04 pm
A new federal report inquires into whether two surgeons from a Northern California Hospital "contributed to the death of at least one of three patients who underwent what was called an untested surgical procedure." [read post]
23 Oct 2018, 8:00 am
At the trial, Pierce’s attorneys presented experts in economics, life care planning and hospital administration. [read post]
28 Mar 2014, 10:08 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit [official website] on Thursday upheld [opinion, PDF] Texas abortion restrictions requiring physicians performing "surgical abortions" to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital and certain compliance protocols relating to the administration of drugs inducing "medication abortions." [read post]
25 Apr 2014, 12:21 am
Consumer Reports surveyed more than 2,500 U.S. hospitals in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. using government data in five categories: Death rates among heart attack and surgical patients Hospital readmissions Overuse of CT scans for head trauma Incidence of hospital-acquired infections Effective communication to patients about prescribed medications and discharge plans The results were disturbing. [read post]
4 Aug 2014, 9:41 am
Using this information, a treatment plan is designed and implemented by the medical professional. [read post]
9 Jun 2010, 11:42 am
” The issue of infection control has garnered a lot of media attention lately — so much so that “US Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a statement that her department is expanding its hospital infection control action plan to include ambulatory surgical centers and dialysis centers,” the AP (6/9, Johnson) reported. [read post]
21 May 2010, 5:47 pm
Just last month, Scripps Mercy Hospital in Hillcrest was fined $25,000 for leaving a surgical sponge in a hysterectomy patient. [read post]
7 Sep 2010, 5:28 am
In another aspect of the report, University Hospital was cited for the apparent absence of a "time out" during a surgical procedure, which is a process where surgical staff stop and verify that they have the correct patient in the operating room and are about to operate on the correct body part. [read post]
4 Aug 2011, 12:14 pm
As part of the lawsuit against the hospital, the victim's lawyer arranged for two independent medical personnel -- a 39-year health care administrator and a registered nurse certified in nursing administration -- to provide their findings.Their findings alleged the doctor's surgical procedure prompted complications he did not diagnose in a timely manner. [read post]
26 Jun 2012, 1:44 pm
Write down any allergies, a list of your medications, and keep track of your own health care plan throughout your hospital stay. [read post]
3 Jul 2018, 11:37 am
The agency, which wields great sway over hospitals because so many patients’ medical costs are covered by Medicaid and Medicare, plans to slash the information it provides to the public on HAIs involving: “super bugs” like MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), post-operative sepsis and surgical site infections, as well as accidents and injuries ranging from bedsores to respiratory failure after surgery. [read post]
3 Jul 2018, 11:37 am
The agency, which wields great sway over hospitals because so many patients’ medical costs are covered by Medicaid and Medicare, plans to slash the information it provides to the public on HAIs involving: “super bugs” like MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), post-operative sepsis and surgical site infections, as well as accidents and injuries ranging from bedsores to respiratory failure after surgery. [read post]
