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Because the majority of perinatal death and injury cases reported root causes related to problems with organizational culture and with communication among caregivers, JCAHO offers these recommendations.
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The newly released 2005 National Patient Safety Goals indicate that the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) will put special emphasis on efforts to reduce patient falls, infections, and misidentification of patients.
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Here is what you need to know about the class action lawsuits filed against some of the largest nonprofit hospitals in the United States.
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This case reinforces the basic notion that all health care providers have a responsibility to assure that their patients are receiving appropriate care in a timely manner.
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The Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-1-Infected Adults and Adolescents were updated March 23 and are available at the AIDS info web site. The guidelines were developed and updated by the panel on Clinical Practices for Treatment of HIV Infection, convened by the Department of Health and Human Services.
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FDA approves Hep C drugs; Oral fluid-based rapid HIV test approved.
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Older Americans always have accounted for about 10% of the HIV population, but in Florida their share of the epidemic runs to 14% of the population, and the fastest growing rate of people newly diagnosed with HIV are women older than 50.
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The Good Samaritan Project in Kansas City, MO, has HIV prevention and intervention programs for African-American women that draw on the knowledge and experiences of Jean Johnson, an outreach coordinator who also is African-American. A lot of these ideas are my ideas because Im African-American, and I know how to communicate with people who look like me, she says. I place a lot of emphasis on African-Americans with HIV because thats where HIV is now.
