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To keep IRBs informed on current FDA thinking, the agency has created the Good Guidance Practices (GGPs) program. This is a process whereby dated and obsolete guidance is replaced by new information sheets on a variety of topics, along with the opportunity to comment.
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An intensive care unit nurse recorded a patients daily dose of an antipsychotic agent as 25 mg a day, but the actual dose was one-half a 25 mg tablet. As a result, the patient received a double dosage within 12 hours and became lethargic and confused, resulting in an additional day of hospitalization for observation.
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Worker fatigue can adversely impact every aspect of health care performance. High levels of fatigue cause reduced productivity and an increased risk of adverse events. Fatigued caregivers may not think clearly, which is vital to making patient care decisions.
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If a Joint Commission surveyor asked a physician at your organization about patient safety initiatives or recently performed root cause analyses, would the surveyor get a detailed, enthusiastic response or a blank look?
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There is a big difference between implementing computerized physician order entry (CPOE) and doing so with clinical decision support systems in place, emphasizes Margaret Quinn, MD, chief medical information officer at Neptune, NJ-based Meridian Health.
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At Seattle-based Swedish Medical Center, stroke outcomes improved dramatically as a result of a comprehensive program that deploys a coordinated team to assure comprehensive, timely, and efficient acute stroke care.
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The JCAHOs proposed National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) for 2007 arent a big surprise but will pose additional challenges for quality professionals.
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The number of Oregon residents who ended their lives in 2005 by employing the states legal physician-assisted suicide law was twice the number that it was in 1998, the first year after the law was passed.
