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The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) reported that the nation's hospice community "claimed a significant victory" when President Obama signed The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
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While some focus on the specific policies and standards of achieving a safe, quality health care system in the United States within the existing system, Laurie Zoloth, PhD, professor of bioethics at Northwestern University in Chicago, suggests a broader approach is necessary to achieve "healthy health care systems."
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By executive order, President Obama on March 9 raised the spirits of many research scientists and those who hope for potential cures to disease by announcing his decision in favor of "removing barriers" to "responsible scientific research involving human stem cells."
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[Editor's note: This month's interview is with Laurie Zoloth, PhD, professor of bioethics at Northwestern University in Chicago.]
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Susan Tolle, MD, director of the Center for Ethics at the Oregon Health & Sciences University in Portland, takes very seriously the center's role in providing consultative services to smaller, critical access hospitals in that state.
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Why has The Joint Commission backed away from medication reconciliation for 2009? "Basically because they realized it's very, very, very hard to do.
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Hays, KS-based Hays Medical Center was accredited by The Joint Commission for more than 30 years, but in November 2008 decided to go with Houston, TX-based DNV Healthcare.
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"This has been the single most difficult process I have ever worked on to try to implement," says John Benson, PharmD, quality manager, department of pharmacy services at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, UT.
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Barnes-Jewish Hospital submitted its medication reconciliation initiative as a poster for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
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Wayne Memorial Hospital in Goldsboro, NC, was surveyed Jan. 26-30, 2009. But the 316-bed hospital, prepares for its survey just about every other day of the year.
