Using Social Media in the Workplace? You may think checking your Facebook during lunch is no one’s business, but be aware that more employers have begun adopting social media polices and are even monitoring their employees’ use of social media sites at work, according to a recent survey. 68.9 percent of employers said they’ve created […]
Read More...Observation units help improve emergency department flow and generate savings for the hospitals, but they also can lead to higher bills for patients, The Washington Post and Kaiser Health News reported. More than a third of hospitals use observation units, double than in 2003. The observation unit targets patients who might otherwise fall through the […]
Read More...When it comes to medical mistakes, saying sorry isn’t easy. In addition to malpractice threats, a punitive healthcare culture and communication failures remain barriers to honest, transparent disclosures of medical errors, The Boston Globe reported. Hospitals must address poor communication. Oftentimes, patients are seeking information and understanding rather than blame and revenge, the article noted. […]
Read More...The Wisconsin state medical board is facing criticism that the state fails to discipline doctors who make mistakes, according to a special report by the Wisconsin State Journal. Wisconsin has one of the lowest rates of physician discipline, with the other low discipline states being Minnesota, South Carolina, Massachusetts and Connecticut, according to Public Citizen […]
Read More...AUDIENCE: Ophthalmology ISSUE: Mobius Therapeutics announced that it is conducting a voluntary recall of 2 lots of Mitosol (mitomycin for solution), 0.2 mg/vial, Kit for Ophthalmic Use. The company cannot exclude the possibility that the affected lots may be non-sterile.These two lots of Mitosol (mitomycin for solution) Kits may contain a strain of yeast on […]
Read More...A disclosure, apology and offer program at the University of Michigan Health System is “more promising than any other liability reform option,” according to researchers of the decade-long approach. The “Michigan Model” examines the care provided, involving patients and their families, according to a December study in Milbank Quarterly. Study authors […]
Read More...Using Social Media in the Workplace? You may think checking your Facebook during lunch is no one’s business, but be aware thatmore employers have begun adopting social media polices and are evenmonitoring their employees’ use of social media sites at work, according to a recentsurvey. 68.9 percent of employers said they’ve created policies specifically for […]
Read More...Employers are looking to save money by changing (er, shrinking) health benefits, and that means bigger co-pays and deductibles for patients. Then, there are the unemployed, who often have no health insurance at all. This means New Jerseyans may be facing higher out-of-pocket medical bills. Rather than simply accepting an eye-popping tally for health services, […]
Read More...California is considering expanding investigations by the state medical board to combat the disturbing trend of fake doctors, California Watch reported. Called Operation Safe Medicine, the medical board’s investigative unit was established in 2000, but it disbanded three years later because of budget issues. In 2009, however, the investigative board reopened due to public cries […]
Read More...Long hours don’t just make for unhappy nurses; they make for unhappy patients, according to a study published in Health Affairs. In the first study that examines nurse work hours and patient perceptions of care, according to researchers, long work hours not only lead to hospital nurse burnout and job dissatisfaction but also patient dissatisfaction. […]
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