Two professors of Vanderbilt University's Graduate School of Management suggest medical errors occur so frequently in healthcare because healthcare organizations often lack the safety culture needed to maintain patient safety, according to a Vanderbilt Hustler news report.
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Virginia medical centers are adjusting hospital policies to keep tighter control on drugs in short supply — namely the chemotherapy agent doxorubicin, the painkiller morphine and the anesthetic propofol, according to a Richmond Times-Dispatch report.
A gastroenterologist and endoscopist at Davis Memorial Hospital in Elkins, W.Va., is now offering capsule endoscopy for the detection and diagnosis of small intestinal disorders, including small bowel tumors and Crohn's Disease, according to a WBOY news report.
Researchers say postpolypectomy colonoscopy intervals can be extended beyond the traditional five-year mark for patients with nonadvanced adenomas, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology.
John Saltzman, MD, associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and director of endoscopy at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, and John Abramson, MD, lecturer in healthcare policy at Harvard Medical School, debate whether colonoscopy is the best…
A lack of collaboration, systems integration and willingness to change prevent improvements in patient safety, according to Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, in a Wall Street Journal report.
Data from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston suggest Nevada's bill to require transparency in patient safety may reduce errors, according to a Las Vegas Sun report.
A retired chief of surgery at Hollywood (Fla.) Medical Center and Memorial Hospital in Pembroke Pines, Fla., has been sentenced to two years in prison for Medicare fraud, according to a Miami Herald report. Fred Dweck, MD, pleaded guilty last…
Three ophthalmologists at a Connecticut ambulatory surgery center are under review by state healthcare regulators to confirm whether the surgeons are meeting hospital coverage requirements as stipulated under the agreement which gave the physicians permission to open a freestanding ambulatory…
Wolters Kluwer Health has announced Ozarks Medical Center in West Plains, Mo., has selected ProVation Order Sets as the hospital's electronic order set solution.