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Following is the list of the recommendation made to Guidant(Indianapolis) concerning strengthening its product surveillance and reporting.
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With an environment demanding increased public disclosure of information about implantable devices, med-tech powerhouse Medtronic (Minneapolis) released its 2006 Medtronic CRM Product Performance Report (First Edition, Volume 54), incorporating up-to-date information about pacemaker, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) and implantable lead performance.
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Biosense Webster (Diamond Bar, California), a Johnson & Johnson (New Brunswick, New Jersey) company, and Siemens Medical Solutions (Malvern, Pennsylvania) entered a strategic alliance giving Biosense Webster exclusive worldwide rights to distribute Siemens Acuson AcuNav ultrasound catheters to electrophysiologists.
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St. Jude Medical (St. Paul, Minnesota) reported the enrollment of the first patient in its ESCAPE (Effect of Septal Closure of Atrial PFO on Events of Migraine with Premere) migraine trial, making it the first company to begin enrollment in a U.S. clinical trial to evaluate the connection between patent foramen ovales (PFOs) and migraine headaches.
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When a group of surveyors from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations walked into St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton, CA, in January 2006, staff were ready and waiting for them even though the survey was unannounced and completely unexpected.
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When organizations gave feedback on the 86 unannounced pilot surveys done in 2005, many told the Joint Commission that they were happy with the new process overall but that they really needed a few minutes to collect themselves after surveyors arrived.
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The JCAHOs National Patient Safety Goal requiring all medications to be labeled sounds simple enough, but its proving to be difficult for many organizations. I think the biggest challenges for an organization center around the back table labeling of syringes and containers, says Susan Mellott, PhD, RN, CLNC, CPHQ, FNAHQ, CEO of Houston, TX-based Mellott & Associates.
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A new study from HealthGrades, a Golden, CO-based health care ratings company, names the top 5% of hospitals in the country and also shows that this group has mortality rates that are 27% lower than other hospitals, with a 14% lower risk of complications.
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Too many patients are getting injured from falls at your organization, and you've got the data to prove it. You've drilled down to identify specific units with the highest fall rates, and zeroed in on the exact shift and type of patient that are most at risk.
