Look-alike tubes kill patients regularly: Why is this still allowed?
Filed under: Ethics, Health care/Treatment trends, Healthcare Legal & Compliance, Healthcare Technology News, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views
Mistakes as simple — and avoidable — as confusing an IV with a feeding tube regularly injure and kill patients. And industry interests seem content to allow it to continue. Read more
10 medical devices are potential time bombs
Filed under: Communication, Health care/Treatment trends, Healthcare Human Resources and Staffing News, Healthcare Technology News, Hospital Management, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Patient/Client Communication, Practice Management
As much as technology has helped advance medicine, it can have a harmful side, too. When broken or used improperly, devices meant to heal can harm — or even cause death.
New guidelines for radiation safety
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The American Society for Radiation Oncology issued a six-point plan for reducing errors related to the use of radiation. Read more
Two docs pay for child’s death — but who actually made fatal mistake?
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No one knows how — or when — a piece of metal ended up in the brain of a four-year-old. But two doctors at Children’s Hospital Boston were just found responsible as part of a $15 million verdict. Read more
Special Report
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Pivotal care that drastically cuts emergency room overuse
Reducing costs is at the top of all health executives’ minds — more so now than ever before since hospitals are facing a possible 1% Medicare pay cut for high readmission rates starting in October. So where do you begin?
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Pivotal care that drastically cuts emergency room overuse