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After hosting the recent National Summit on Medical Abbreviations with several other organizations, JCAHO modified the 2005 requirements for meeting National Patient Safety Goal 2b Standardize the abbreviations, acronyms and symbols used throughout the organization, including a list of abbreviations, acronyms and symbols not to use.
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Thomson American Health Consultants has developed an influenza sourcebook to ensure you and your hospital are prepared for what could happen this flu season or the next.
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An elderly man diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis was prescribed methotrexate by his doctor. Although he immediately began to experience symptoms of methotrexate toxicity, the doctor failed to take the patients complaints seriously and refilled the prescription for another month. The man continued to experience the same symptoms and, two weeks later, he was rushed to an emergency department for treatment. The ED physicians were unable to prevent the mans death, which they attributed to methotrexate toxicity.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued the first in a projected series of seven papers to provide guidance for covered entities.
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Elderly patients pose special challenges when it comes to falls, so your prevention strategy must take into account the factors unique to this population. This summary is offered by a professor of physical therapy at Temple University in Philadelphia.
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Open discussion of medical errors and other liability issues actually can help drive claims down, not up, as many risk managers fear, says the president of Enhanced Claim and Risk Services in St. Louis.
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JCAHO has issued a call to reform the nations medical liability system, urging the current proposal for caps on noneconomic damages be expanded to pursue intermediate and long-term system changes which its experts say truly facilitate improvements in patient safety.
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The FDA recently approved a new device that the manufacturer says could dramatically reduce the incidence of wrong-site surgery by applying a microchip with detailed patient information directly to the planned operative site.
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Jury awards for medical-malpractice claims rose fractionally in recent months while awards for all personal-injury liabilities fell significantly, according to a report from Jury Verdict Research in Horsham, PA.
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JCAHO recently altered the 2005 requirements for meeting National Patient Safety Goal 2b that requires organizations to standardize abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols used throughout the organization, including a list of abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols not to use.
