Articles, tagged with "patient safety", page 5

Whistle-Blowing Nurse's Acquittal Clear Message of Freedom

Anne Mitchell was charged of felony on the 28th of Aug last year, along with Vickilyn Galle, after alerting the state medical board about unsafe medicine practice of a doctor in the hospital where she is working as a nurse for 25 years. On Thursday, Feb 1... Read >
Author: penelope rock

Is your health information meeting requirements?

Health record is in totality the persons health history. This record is maintained each time you visit your physician, health care facility or any other health care provider. This information is typically referred to as the patient/client medical record a... Read >
Author: Jamie Hanson

Hospital system admits errors and walks out a winner

Here's an example of a hospital system that did not shy away from admitting its follies and walked home a winner. The University of Michigan Health System (UMHS) is certainly getting attention and seeing favorable results from its unique claims management... Read >
Author: Jaun

Fatal Medical Mistakes Can Be Avoided With Pharmaceutical Consulting

The good news: During the past five years the medical profession have really focused on patient safety. The bad news is that medical errors still occur even though pharmaceutical consulting has been seen to work in many instances, and there are hundred... Read >
Author: Mark Woodcock

HITECH: 25 criteria for ‘meaningful use

Finally there's some good news for practices that have been waiting for CMS to define the term 'meaningful use'. But don't look for a quick one-sentence definition. Here's the update: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill of 2009 (ARRA) offers ann... Read >
Author: Jaun

EMR and Health care communication

The need to increase the use of EMR records/systems in healthcare has been felt for sometime now. Information is everything, everybody realizes that. The amount of communication that takes place in the new information world is possible because of Informat... Read >
Author: springmedical

What RFID Healthcare Software Can Do For Your Office

Whether your office is large and busy or small and growing, making use of RFID tracking and the latest healthcare software can improve your office manager's ability to track assets, ensure patient safety and control access to patient records. Overall... Read >
Author: Tom Gruich

India hospital FAQ In India – By Trained Surgeons At Accredited Hospital

India Hospitals FAQ questions of India Hospitals : - * What measures do your hospitals and healthcare facilities take to ensure patient safety ? * A U.S. doctor referred me to you. Why are physicians here in the U.S. willing to help me get ... Read >
Author: WeCareIndia

CRNA Salary Information and Career Options

Certified registered nurse anesthetists, or CRNAs, are used in a number of settings in and outside of hospitals. A CRNA's role includes taking care of a patient's anesthesia needs before, during and after surgery or throughout the process of delivering a ... Read >
Author: smyth122

What are the contra indicants for laser eye operation?

The awful truth is that no everyone might not be able profit from the effects that an laser eye surgery might leave. There is a load of assorted standards that requires to be completed before an surgery can be executed. If these criteria isn't completed a... Read >
Author: andrew millsap

President Obama's Plan of Action for the U.S. Healthcare Crisis

The hot news in today's economy seems to be all about the proposed plan for Healthcare in the United States, as set forth by President Obama. The president has three targeted goals when it comes to improving the U.S. healthcare system - and those are to r... Read >
Author: KoolDocs

BodyTite™ Liposuction - Improves Patient Safety and Comfort

Those who are looking for safe and effective ways of fat reduction and body sculpting can now benefit from BodyTite™ liposuction. The BodyTite™ is a new device, the latest in liposuction, which uses RFAL (Radio Frequency Assisted Liposuction) technolo... Read >
Author: Julia Anderson

Top Health Plan and Leading Medical Liability Carrier Join Forces : Don Olson

Today, the largest Ohio-based healthcare insurer, Medical Mutual of Ohio, and one of Ohio's largest medical liability carriers, The Doctors Company, and its Ohio based subsidiary OHIC Insurance Company (OHIC) announced an initiative to better connect pati... Read >
Author: www.EasyToInsureME.com

From the Partnership for Safe Medicines (PSM): A Letter to President Barack Obama

Dear Mr. President, On behalf of the Partnership for Safe Medicines (PSM), a group of organizations and individuals that have policies, procedures, or programs to protect consumers from counterfeit or contraband medicines and medication safety and to th... Read >
Author: Mary Shepherd

The Herbal Directive – is it the proverbial

This was the question raised at the Keynote Theatre at the Natural & Organic Products Europe Show held at Olympia in London on 5th of April 2009.  Unfortunately, there were only 40 minutes to have a debate on this subject and with feelings running high t... Read >
Author: Graham Drage

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