Washington Hospital Center, along with many other hospitals across the nation, is using innovative methods to reduce medical errors and catch near misses, according to The Washington Post.
Jeanne Henson | in IOM Aim: Safe, Serious Reportable Events (SRE) | tagged Washington Post | Comments Off | Share Article Some experts say that providing palliative care should be a priority in the emergency room, according to an article in the Washington Post.
Jeanne Henson | in Palliative, End-of-Life Care | tagged Washington Post | Comments Off | Share Article A study in the Archives of Surgery has found that medical procedures and surgeries on the wrong patient and wrong body part have declined 25% in Veterans Affairs hospitals nationwide while reports of close calls have increased, according to the Washington Post.
Jeanne Henson | in IOM Aim: Safe, Serious Reportable Events (SRE) | tagged Archives of Surgery, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Washington Post | Comments Off | Share Article Despite a universal protocol issued by the Joint Commission in 2004, wrong site surgeries still exist, and may be on the rise, according to The Washington Post.
Jeanne Henson | in IOM Aim: Safe, Serious Reportable Events (SRE) | tagged Washington Post | Comments Off | Share Article A study by the Department of Health and Human Services found that one-fifth to one-half of non-elderly people in the United States have pre-existing conditions that could cause them to be rejected from, or pay a higher price from private insurance companies, should the health care bill be repealed, according to The Washington Post.
Jeanne Henson | in Health Care Facts, Trends, Healthcare Reform, Underinsured and Uninsured | tagged U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington Post | Comments Off | Share Article A new government panel, the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute's board, has been created to increase the public's knowledge of medical treatments and could potentially change how patients discuss treatments with their doctors, according to an article in the Washington Post.
James J. Pfeffer | in Comparative Effectiveness, Healthcare Reform | tagged Washington Post | Comments Off | Share Article On September 23, some provisions of the healthcare reform act became active.
Some experts are worried that as more primary care practices morph into Accountable Care Organizations (ACO’s), healthcare costs could go up if monopolies are formed.
James J. Pfeffer | in Accountable Care Organization (ACO), Healthcare Reform | tagged Washington Post | Comments Off | Share Article According to an August 26, 2008 article in the Washington Post, some physicians are revisiting the concept of a ‘micropractice’, a method of creating low overhead high tech medical practices to improve interaction with patients. Physicians are encouraged to create such models by health care reform experts who are looking to create medical homes and improve chronic disease management. By reinventing their clinical practice, physicians are finding more effective and more fulfilling ways to practice medicine, according to the Post.
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