Posted on August 24th, 2010 by Catherine Obuch
Parents of a triplet who accidentally was given morphine are suing Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, Calif., KTLA reports. The morphine was intended for the newborn’s mother, Jessica Blischke, who had delivered the triplets prematurely by a Caesarean section in April 2009.
Instead, the drug was administered to newborn baby Taylee, while her mother held her, [...]
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Filed under: Medicolegal, Quality
Posted on August 7th, 2010 by Catherine Obuch
To read the latest issue of Medicines Safety Update CLICK HERE
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Filed under: Government, Health, OH&S, Quality
Posted on August 3rd, 2010 by Catherine Obuch
The latest issue of ACHS News is now available.
To read more CLICK HERE
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Filed under: Quality
Posted on July 31st, 2010 by Catherine Obuch
THE same fatal mistakes are made again and again in hospitals because recommendations made after one death are not followed across the state, former NSW deputy coroner Carl Milovanovich said yesterday.
Twenty months have passed since an inquiry into NSW hospitals and Mr Milovanovich still has concerns about patient treatment.
“The one thing that I have constantly [...]
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Filed under: Government, Health, Quality
Posted on July 30th, 2010 by Catherine Obuch
A Melbourne couple is suing the Royal Women’s Hospital for damages because doctors failed to diagnose their unborn daughter with Down Syndrome, denying them the choice to have an abortion.
The girl, who is now four years old, has heart, kidney and thyroid problems, needs help to eat and cannot talk. The parents want compensation for [...]
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Filed under: Health, Medicolegal, Quality
Posted on July 29th, 2010 by Catherine Obuch
Although healthcare mystery shoppers have historically been used by some practices and hospitals to identify service flaws from the patient perspective, a recent study sent actors into first-time office visits to sniff out potential gaps in medical care.
The study, from researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and funded by the Department of Veterans [...]
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Filed under: Career, Health, Quality
Posted on July 22nd, 2010 by Catherine Obuch
More than one-third of physicians don’t think they’re responsible for reporting colleagues who are impaired or incompetent, according to a study published on July 14 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The finding is troubling, according to researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital who wrote the JAMA article, because peer monitoring and reporting are the [...]
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Filed under: Career, Health, Medicolegal, Quality
Posted on July 14th, 2010 by Catherine Obuch
THE Prime Minister will push ahead with controversial plans for a mandatory internet filter despite acknowledging public concerns that it will interfere with ”legitimate use”.
In Julia Gillard’s first comments on the filter since becoming Prime Minister, she told ABC radio in Darwin that the proposal was an effort to control the ”dark side” of communications [...]
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Filed under: Information Technology, Privacy, Quality
Posted on July 1st, 2010 by Catherine Obuch
Queensland MP Rob Messenger has praised the role of whistleblower nurse Toni Hoffman in bringing rogue surgeon Jayant Patel, who was convicted yesterday of multiple manslaughter charges, to trial.
In what is thought to be a first in Queensland criminal history, Patel, 60, was last night found criminally negligent in causing the deaths of 77-year-old Gerry [...]
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Filed under: Government, Health, Medicolegal, Quality
Posted on June 22nd, 2010 by Catherine Obuch
If you’ve ever been lucky enough to stay at the Ritz, you’ve experienced their first-rate customer service, attention to detail, inviting atmosphere, unique gift shops and scrumptious food. Could such luxurious pampering and quality translate over to the hospital environment?
It could, and it does. Bill Taylor, cofounder of Fast Company magazine, blogs for the Harvard [...]
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Filed under: Funding, Health, Hospital Events, Quality
