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Staff at NC mental accused of leaving patient to die
Nurses at Goldsboro, NC-based Cherry Hospital have been cited for leaving a patient sitting in a chair for more than 22 hours without feeding him or helping him get to the bathroom. Federal officials Read more...
Joint Commission issues rules designed to stop bad behavior by doctors
The Joint Commission has issued a safety alert announcing new requirements for preventing intimidating behavior by doctors. In its statement, the Joint Commission noted that physician threats, Read more...
Case study:Houston hires tele-nurses to boost 911 dispatch
Far too often, 911 operators are forced to dispatch ambulance crews who later find out that their services weren't really needed. Now, in an effort to cut down on such wasted calls, the Houston City Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Japan faces tough nursing shortage, too
In case you were wondering, the U.S. isn't the only country struggling with a nursing shortage. Faced with a growing elderly population, Japan is being forced to recruit hundreds of nurses and other Read more...
CA fines 13 hospitals for placing patients at risk
The California Department of Public Health has disciplined 13 hospitals for placing patients at risk of serious injury or death, fining each $25,000. The agency, which has issued 39 citations since Read more...
LA bill offers legal protections for MD care during emergencies
The Louisiana state legislature is close to passing a package of bills that would protect medical professionals from lawsuits arising from care delivered during declared emergencies. Two of the bills Read more...
Heparin scare leads to new dosing issue
While efforts to make dosing safer in the wake of recent heparin-related deaths make sense, such efforts have created a fresh set of safety concerns for providers who use it, observers say. For one Read more...
Medicare disease management pilot ending this year
Three years ago, CMS hired eight private disease management firms to set up chronic care improvement programs for beneficiaries. The programs, which reached as many as 150,000 seniors enrolled in Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Provider groups ask CMS to delay NPI enforcement, again; Zyrtec marketers try something new; and much more...
> Several groups have asked CMS to delay the implementation of the National Provider Identification number, arguing that no one involved is really ready to move ahead. Read more...
'Dr. Nurse' might help with primary care shortage
With the primary care shortage growing worse, nursing schools are responding with their own solution--training and graduating growing numbers of nurses with doctorates. To date, more than 200 Read more...
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