This is a good post from the Happy Hospitalists and touches on some of the same areas discussed here with reference to never-never events as well as areas of responsibility and the finances. There are some real gray areas with the never-never events and the comments made herein substantiate this...
Posted to
The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-10-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, Hospital, healthcare, medicare, Physicians, Medical Errors, Hospitalists, Never-Never, deperate hospitals
The insurance executives have taken the medical decisions and good medical care out control of clinicians, pretty simple. Have you had a surgical procedure lately? I had one surgeon recently tell me of procedures lined up by the hour, seven knees in seven hours, now does that make sense? ...
Dennis Quaid is continuing his efforts for better safety in taking a tour of a hospital in Dallas that is using a bar coding system. Hat’s off for his continued efforts and taking the time to find out what’s available out there. As everyone remembers his 2 children had staff infections and...
This is a tough one as everyone has an angle on it, but there are no worse angles than the surgeon and the patient are experiencing by all means . I had commented on a wrong side surgery that had occurred in Worcester that was in the local paper on July 15th. Someone else had commented about...
Two babies have died, the investigation still continues. Bar Coding certainly can help the issue, perhaps along with a little software to perhaps monitor before the medication is given. Just like your computer asks, “are you sure you want to delete this file” if you will, software could also...
This is a great response and fast too, related to the story from Paul Levy at Beth Israel Medical Center. With as busy as everyone is today with distractions on every corner, in every room, everywhere, reminders and a process with software to me are a warm welcome, as even though I used...