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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has opened enrollment for all health care facilities in the United States who wish to join its state-of-the art infection reporting system: the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN).
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Health administrators should consider the level of vaccination coverage among health care workers to be a "measure of a patient safety quality program," recommends the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
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Cultural traditions that conflict with Western medicine can be a barrier to safe and effective patient care so it is important to identify them and work out a plan with patients and family members that will result in good outcomes.
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Early intervention is important for children with autism. To make sure this early diagnosis occurs, every pregnant woman should be given a chart on childhood development so she knows what is considered typical behavior.
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An estimated 50 million Americans -- some of them your patients -- live with chronic pain caused by disease, disorder, or accident, according to the American Academy of Pain Management.
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A multidisciplinary pain management program with a strong case management focus helps members of Kaiser Permanente with moderate to severe levels of pain receive effective care and avoid using treatments that don't work.
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Except for the use of an interpreter, teaching techniques need not be altered when the patient is from another country.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has published nine strategies aimed at assisting member states in the redesign care process to prevent human errors in patient care.
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Blogger beware some on-line medical diarists have found the benefits of sharing experiences and observations via their web logs ("blogs") can come at a cost.
