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A medical student is participating in a complicated abdominal surgery by holding a retractor. He was up all night the previous night. He falls asleep and slides down to the floor. A nurse drags the student out of the way, and a resident takes over the retractor.
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By taking a proactive approach to patient status and instituting a series of checks and balances, Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton, OH, keeps denials at a minimum.
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Being a person of a self-assessed "up" mentality, I notice trends that give me pause. Consider the following:
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The Joint Commission has launched its Leading Practice Library, a complimentary tool available only to Joint Commission-accredited organizations.
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Aspirin overdose may be thought by some to be an "old" problem. While there are many other pain relief products on the market, and aspirin is generally avoided in children, aspirin overdose remains a serious problem.
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Clinician office phones might be ringing following news reports of women in the United Kingdom (UK) who experienced unintended pregnancies while using the contraceptive implant Implanon. How do you counsel women on this form of long-acting contraception?
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Results of a new study indicate fasting glucose and insulin levels remain within normal range for women using injectable or oral contraception, with only slight increases among women using depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA).
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Results of a new study suggest that nearly one in 10 sexually active teens have same-sex partners, which is almost twice as many as previous research studies have found.
