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When it comes to patient safety, everyone says they want to do the right thing for patients. But that noble intention sometimes isn't enough when it comes time to look at the budget and decide which good intentions get funded this year.
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A New York City jury has decided that a hospital did nothing wrong when it tried to examine the rectum of a construction worker who had been hit on the head by a falling wooden beam. The man had sued the hospital, claiming that he was examined against his will after being sedated and restrained.
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An 85% increase in the number of Internet hacker attacks on its health care clients has been reported by SecureWorks, a security-as-a-service provider. The company says attempted attacks have increased from an average of 11,146 per client per day in the first half of 2007 to an average of 20,630 per client per day in the last half of 2007 through January 2008.
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The State of Tennessee has expanded an existing contract with AT&T to provide the country's first statewide system to electronically exchange patient medical information.
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The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) says the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) should adopt a policy for the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) to allow individuals to have limited control, in a uniform manner, over disclosure of certain sensitive health information for purposes of treatment.
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The Government Accountability Office says that even though the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is undertaking a number of activities to pursue President Bush's goal for nationwide implementation of health information technology, it still has not developed a national strategy that defines plans, milestones, and performance measures for reaching the goal of interoperable electronic health records by 2014.
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A woman pregnant with twins delivered her first baby without incident, but then experienced complications as she was in the process of delivering the second baby. The second baby was experiencing cord prolapse, and his heart rate plummeted. The physician continued to attempt to deliver the second baby vaginally for 10 minutes, but she eventually called for a cesarean. Fifteen minutes later, the baby was born and was diagnosed with cerebral palsy.
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A fascinating, philosophical exchange among some of the nation's leading health care epidemiologists recently came down to the value of zero.
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As the field of infection prevention undergoes sweeping changes, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) must reassess its role and redefine its mission, an epidemiologist said recently in Orlando at the group's annual meeting.
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In the silence after the speakers had concluded the opening session recently in Orlando of the annual meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) as those with questions were moving to the microphones moderator Patrick J. Brennan, MD, acknowledged what many were thinking by noting that there was an "800-pound gorilla in the room."
