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Nearly 9% of hospitals have no patient safety systems plan, according to recent research suggesting that risk managers need to reevaluate how they are striving to meet the Institute of Medicine safety goals.
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has issued a new Sentinel Event Alert that urges special attention to the accuracy of medications given to patients as they transition from one care setting to another, or one practitioner to another.
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A morbidly obese woman went to the emergency department (ED) complaining of a headache. Although medical personnel ordered a computed tomography (CT) scan, the test could not be performed because the patient was too large to fit on the hospital's CT scan table.
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When Hospital Corp. of America (HCA) in Nashville, TN, began its focus on obstetrical malpractice claims, the parent company required all of its member hospitals to start collecting extensive data on all births and report on a quarterly basis.
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The length of time it takes to begin an emergency cesarean is a well-known malpractice risk.
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While some allegations of sexual misconduct are valid, many are the result of a misunderstanding.
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Adopting a "just culture" approach can be an effective way to improve patient safety in a hospital.
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After a woman began to experience difficulty breathing, she was rushed to the emergency department (ED), where doctors suspected that the woman's airway was obstructed by a large mass in her throat.
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When you must discharge a homeless patient with nowhere to go, make sure you document extremely well and avoid making mistakes that can cast your hospital in a bad light, experts advise.
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As Americans get bigger and hospitals see more large patients seeking bariatric surgery, risk managers are worried about the increased liability risk they pose.
