Showing posts with label quality patient care. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quality patient care. Show all posts
Friday, July 8, 2011

When Nurse Make Mistakes (Theresa Brown, RN) - NYTimes.com

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By THERESA BROWN, R.N. This year, a Seattle nurse named Kim Hiatt committed suicide. Ms. Hiatt’s death came nearly seven months after she h...
Thursday, April 28, 2011

Nyack Hospital's Code H Spells Safety and Satisfaction | New Jersey Nursing News

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Nyack Hospital, Nyack, N.Y., has launched a system where patients and their visitors can trigger levels of rapid response. Impetus for the ...
Sunday, April 24, 2011

Medicare Hospital Compare Quality of Care (Thanks @TheresaBrown)

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Medicare.gov > Hospital Compare Home Hospital Compare ...
Monday, April 18, 2011

Patients with do-not-resuscitate orders fare worse | Reuters

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A new study could help people with a do-not-resuscitate order make better decisions about what surgeries they are willing to undergo. A...

Not Running a Hospital: Painfully slow

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You can already imagine the responses. "That's just in North Carolina." "Our patients are sicker." "There a...
Monday, April 11, 2011

Patient complaints do not fit the primary care office visit

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by Kevin Pho, MD Primary care physicians often have to see patients with a litany of issues.  Often within a span of a 15-minute office vis...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Why Not The Best (Hospital Benchmark Data)

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Comparative Health Care Performance Data   See how well U.S. hospitals perform on measures of evidence-ba...
Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Watts, H. David : Starting the I.V.

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This poem explores the act of inserting an intravenous line (I.V.) into a patient just prior to induction of anesthesia or sedation. The ph...
Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Nurses’ Widespread Job Dissatisfaction, Burnout, And Frustration With Health Benefits Signal Problems For Patient Care — Health Aff

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Job dissatisfaction among nurses contributes to costly labor disputes, turnover, and risk to patients. Examining survey data from 95,499 n...
Thursday, July 29, 2010

Your most pressing concerns with the profession and healthcar

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Your most pressing concerns with the profession and healthcare: Factors affect our healthcare costs and result in breaches in standards...

National Association of Healthcare Advocacy Consultants - Home

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National Association of Healthcare Advocacy Consultants - Home :"The National Association of Healthcare Advocacy Consultants (NAHAC) is...