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Many risk managers who think they are conducting a root-cause analysis (RCA) really aren't, says Robert Latino, vice president of The Reliability Center, a risk management consulting firm in Hopewell, VA.
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Robert Latino, vice president of The Reliability Center, a risk management consulting firm in Hopewell, VA, recommends a tool developed by his firm calls the "logic tree" for investigating chronic problems or adverse events.
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A concerted effort to standardize the way central lines are introduced has reduced infections by 50% and resulted in nearly perfect adherence to evidence-based practices at 10 hospitals in the Cincinnati area.
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An adult patient, who had been diagnosed with diabetes at age 11, was admitted for surgery to repair his retina due to injuries related to diabetic retinopathy.
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The Texas Advance Directives Act (TADA) was enacted several years ago after a consensus of health care providers in that state agreed that there was a need to come up with a process to resolve ethical disputes that can arise at the end of life in a way that would foster dialogue and avoid courts of law whenever possible.
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Tennessee, Guam newest on list; Texas removed John Ameen, one of only two practicing obstetrician/gynecologists in rural Monroe County, TN, is considering abandoning the obstetrics arm of his practice because the cost of medical liability insurance has become more than he can afford.
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Bleak reports threatening that there will be too few doctors to manage the growing elderly population are wrong, according to researchers at Dartmouth Medical Schools Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences (CECS).
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If you ever find yourself struggling with the ethical implications of permitting a patient to make a bad medical decision, maybe you should think semantics before you weigh ethics.
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Medicare recipients who have a complaint about their quality of care have a means of reporting their complaints but its unlikely they will find out the details of investigations of their complaints, according to the American Health Quality Association (AHQA), which has launched an effort to enact major reforms in the complaints system.
