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Disaster preparedness has been a priority for most hospitals for years, including readiness for the possibility of internal disasters such as hurricanes and terrorism. Sumter Regional Hospital recently was put to the test when their hospital was hit by a tornado which struck Americus, GA, after 9 p.m. March 1.
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Until a hospital's executive administrators truly acknowledge that case management is part of the cost of doing business, it's likely that those charged with performing that task will continue to struggle with daunting workloads and inadequate staffing, says Karen Zander, RN, MS, CMAC, FAAN, principal and co-owner of the Center for Case Management in South Natick, MA.
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Root cause analysis (RCA) is a technique used during an incident investigation to find the fundamental system deficiencies that caused the event.
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Most risk managers are prepared to respond to a disaster in their communities, but what do you do when your facility is the disaster?
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When patients were evacuated from Sumter Regional Hospital in Americus, GA, after an F3 tornado hit on March 1, 2007, a temporary treatment center was set up next to the shelter area inside the town's First Baptist Church.
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When Sumter Regional Hospital in Americus, GA, was severely damaged by an F3 tornado, one thing they didn't have to worry about was keeping their web page updated with disaster information.
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A former patient has revived a lawsuit accusing the Duke University Health System (DUHS) in Durham, NC, of negligence related to an incident in which surgical instruments were mistakenly washed in used hydraulic fluid from the hospital elevators instead of sterilizing fluid.
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The family of a songwriter has filed a lawsuit against a New York City hospital alleging that the elderly man died of starvation after the hospital lost his dentures.
