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Dissatisfied patients. Longer wait times. Patients being treated in the hallways.
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Are you worried that your patient care is in conflict with requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)? If so, youre not alone.
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A 90-year-old woman complains of leg pain and swelling, with a history of hormone replacement therapy use, hypertension, osteoarthritis, and recent eye surgery.
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Here are the steps taken when a patient with suspected deep venous thrombosis (DVT) presents at Seattle-based Harborview Medical Centers ED, according to Cynthia Natiello, RNC BSN, CCRC, the facilitys vascular research nurse:
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If your facility isnt a Level 1 Trauma Center, you probably dont care for trauma patients with multiple injuries on a daily basis.
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If youre not in full compliance with the National Safety Patient Goals for 2004 from the Oakbrook Terrace, IL-based Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, you have a lot to worry about.
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A Canadian physician has developed a device that could replace drug-eluting stents in preventing restenosis or re-narrowing of coronary arteries and help to heal diseased arteries. The first implantation of an antibody-coated stent on a human was performed in May at the Thoraxcentre of the University Hospital Rotterdam (Rotterdam, the Netherlands).
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In a webcast conference call last month, replacement heart manufacturer Abiomed (Danvers, Massachusetts) provided a sketchy overview of its current activities, with that overview tending to underline at least two critical points for the company:
