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A hospital in Georgia is facing many questions after a former employee was indicted for what authorities say was intentional fraud in entering negative results for mammograms that, in fact, had not been read by a radiologist.
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The employee in question is still facing criminal charges, but Perry (GA) Hospital has confirmed that a technician faked mammogram results.
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A recent shooting incident at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore shows the need to prepare for gun violence, but it also illustrates the limitations of any prevention program, security experts say.
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Focusing more on personal interactions can defuse potentially violent situations, says Sean Ahrens, CPP, BSCP, CSC, senior security consultant with Schirmer Engineering in Glenview, IL.
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A woman underwent reconstructive breast surgery following breast cancer treatment. While in recovery, the woman suffered a morphine overdose that ultimately led to the woman suffering a brain injury.
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When the leadership team at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Hunt Valley, MD, decided to have all field clinicians document their visits electronically, several types of technology were evaluated.
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It's not unusual for soldiers who have returned from war never to discuss the war with their families or friends, which creates an aura of mystery or a sense that their loved ones somehow cannot fully understand them now that they have returned to civilian life.
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Jeanne S. Twohig, MPA, senior advisor, Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life, unabashedly asserted that there is a crisis in our country as to the quality of the vision for our health care futures.
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Working outside the box to provide services that don't always fit the definition of home health or hospice is a trademark of Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care in Kansas City, MO. The hospice's innovative approach to meeting community needs is one of the reasons it was one of three program honored with a 2010 American Hospital Association Circle of Life Award.
