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Faced with a legislative mandate to save $2.5 million over the 2004-2005 biennium, Montana Medicaid developed a three-pronged approach to helping its clients better manage their health.
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In today's litigious society, it's more important than ever for case managers to take steps to protect themselves in case of a medical malpractice lawsuit, says Jacqueline Carolan, JD, an attorney with Fox Rothschild in Philadelphia.
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Although home health agencies have focused on falls in the home for many years, their importance was brought into the spotlight when the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations included that category in the 2005 National Safety Patient Goals.
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Return to work can be challenging for any recovering or rehabilitating worker, but helping a new mother adjust to being back at work can require an occupational health nurse to be especially creative and understanding.
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On July 29, President Bush signed into law the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005, which will create legal and confidentiality protections for patient safety information that providers share for educational purposes and create patient safety organizations to promote information sharing.
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Saying tragic errors related to vincristine administration continue to occur, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations in Oakbrook Terrace, IL, issued a Sentinel Event Alert in July.
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Pharmacists should be encouraged to report medication adverse events (AEs) and their underlying causes under a new law signed by President Bush on July 29.
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Genelabs Technologies has received orphan drug designation for prasterone (Prestara), its investigational drug for lupus.
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A teaching hospital further improved its existing safety mechanisms after a study of critically ill patients found a significant number of adverse events involving medications.
