Good points made here, but they left out one thing, technology and it’s improper use can kill you too. I would almost guess we could go as high as around 50% to find many of the errors stemmed right here. I love technology and what it does, but there are those who don’t and those that resist...
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on 10-14-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, healthcare, microsoft, medicare, Physicians, Common User Interface, Hospitals, Server 2008, Never-Never, Sepsis, Vanderbilt University, Errors, Human Audit Trail, Patient deaths
As this begins the week of the “Never-Never” rules with Medicare and with Sepsis being included on the hospital acquired listings, the group is calling for standards to prevent, which includes the use of minocycline and rifampin impregnated catheters. Severe sepsis is common, with over 750...
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on 10-03-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, Silverlight, Pharma, Cook Medical, CMS, Heatlhcare, Catheters, hospital acquired infections, Server 2008, Never-Never, Sepsis, Thomas Jefferson University, Line Sepsis, Vanderbilt University