This issue is the second in a two-part series covering vaginal bleeding in pregnancy. Part I discussed spontaneous abortion and ectopic pregnancy. Part II will discuss other causes of vaginal bleeding that typically present later in pregnancy.
"We look at a variety of things as most departments do, but I think we're trying to collect some data that there aren't good benchmarks for and can have significant variability from institution to institution or at least trying to look at our [department] numbers... to compare ourselves to our colleagues here at the hospital.
"The good news is, I see hospitals all over the country, and a lot of them are doing a dramatically better job in disclosures.
(Editor's note: In this issue, we will deal with determination of the scope of services that an organization decides to provide. Future issues will deal with steps 2-4 of privileging.)
Before Crozer-Chester Medical Center (PA) engaged in a four-year study to eliminate incidents of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) from its surgical unit, the medical director of Crozer Regional Trauma Center, Riad Cachecho, MD, MBA, FACS, admits he was a naysayer.
