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• E-Prescriptions might be just what the doctor ordered

  
  ICMCC Website Articles — Authority: 151
  “While there has been plenty of talk about the recent Harvard study which found no overall cost reduction among hospitals that have invested heavily in health information technology (HIT), healthcare stakeholders looking to justify continued IT investment may want to consider the progress being made with the ...
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• Bad news from California: MRSA quadrupled

  
  Superbug — Authority: 120
  Via the Fresno Business Journal and the Torrance Daily Breeze come reports of a new study by Californias Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development: Known MRSA cases in the states hospitals increased four-fold between 1999 and 2007, from 13,000 to 52,000 cases per year. From the Torrance paper: ...
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• My guest-post elsewhere: Bad news on hospital error rates

  
  Superbug — Authority: 120
  Its been 10 years since the publication of the pathbreaking Institute of Medicine report, " To Err is Human, " which for the first time focused policy attention on medical errors. The Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative has been running a two-week special series of posts to mark the occasion, and ...
  5 days ago

• Lost in Translation: Electronic Records and Health ReformLost in Translation: Electronic Records and Health Reform

  
  ICMCC Website Articles — Authority: 151
  “A typical day at work will invariably find me hunched over a piece of paper, staring at a jumble of illegible loops and lines, trying to figure out what on earth five loops and a squiggle is supposed to convey to the reader. No, I am not a handwriting analyst, a historian of ancient writing, or a translator of ...
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• The 12 Things You Must Look For In An Arthritis Expert

  
  Healthy Living Times — Authority: 137
  Finding the right arthritis specialist is extremely important since arthritis not only can cripple you but it also can significantly shorten lifespan. I give a lot of talks and the questions I hear a lot are: “I went to an arthritis specialist and they weren’t anything special” or “How do I find a good ...
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• Cerebral Palsy Causes

  
  The Shopping Girl — Authority: 145
  The causes of cerebral palsy (CP) are not fully understood however medical science does know that when damage is done to a developing fetus or newborns brain can result in CP. It is important to be aware of some risk factors regarding cerebral palsy such as: Infections in the Mother Maternal infections increase ...
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• Unerstanding Cerebral Palsy Causes

  
  Talk Business Today — Authority: 129
  Medical professionals do not understand fully as to what causes cerebral palsy. They do know however, that brain damage to a developing fetus can result in cerebral palsy. Doctors also know that if there is damage done to a babys brain during delivery, the child may suffer cerebral palsy. There are recognized factors ...
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• Unerstanding Cerebral Palsy Causes

  
  Ask Sison — Authority: 129
  The causes of cerebral palsy (CP) are not fully understood however medical science does know that when damage is done to a developing fetus or newborns brain can result in CP. It is important to be aware of some risk factors regarding cerebral palsy such as: Infections in the Mother Maternal infections increase ...
  1 week ago

• A Silent Epidemic of Needle Injuries

  
  Well — Authority: 724
  Surgical students are frequently stuck by needles, but many students dont bother reporting the injuries, a new study found.
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• Would You Compromise Your Cancer Cure?

  
  Medical Malprocess — Authority: 106
  Your doctor has good news and bad news. The bad news is you have cancer in your abdomen. The good news is that it can be cured, using a combination of three drugs and ten radiation treatments. Would you settle for just two of the three drugs? Would you compromise your medical care and take one drug the doctor ...
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• EMERGENCY ROOM ERRORS IN ROANOKE VALLEY

  
  Legal Medicine — Authority: 126
  I had the displeasure of spending 6 hours Tuesday night in our local Emergency Room, with my Mother. Quick story - my Mom has MS and cannot walk about more than 5 feet with a walker. She was walking to her electric scooter, fell, hit her head on a table and her lower back on the floor. She fell HARD. We called 911 ...
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• QUALITY: Perfecting Patient Care in Pittsburgh -- The Bug Stops Here (Part 2)

  
  Health Policy Program: Latest Blog Posts — Authority: 136
  Author(s):  Meredith Hughes December 2, 2009 Yesterday I described some of what I learned in my time with the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative . Today I write about two hospitals’ -- ...
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• QUALITY: Perfecting Patient Care in Pittsburgh -- The Bug Stops Here: Part I

  
  Health Policy Program: Latest Blog Posts — Authority: 136
  Author(s):  Meredith Hughes December 1, 2009 This is the first of a two part blog series on the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative. Today, an overview, tomorrow how two specific hospitals tackled ...
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• Supplier exec: Connectivity will unleash the power of health IT

  
  News — Authority: 128
  Electronic medical records and computerized physician order entry wont help the nation meet the goals of the the federal stimulus legislation of patient-centered coordinated care, improved quality of care, reduced medical errors and less duplication. It will take connectivity between EMRs and other medical ...
  2 weeks ago

• Physician Depression Associated with Medical Errors

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 569
  A new study discovers burnout and depression are associated with medical errors by American surgeons. The self-reported mistakes were human-error as opposed to systemic or organization causes. In the confidential study, nearly 9 percent of U.S. surgeons responding said they made a major error in the three months ...
  2 weeks ago

• Survey on Surgeons Making Errors – Are Locum Tenens, Medical Migrants A Contributing Factor?

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 547
  There are a lot of surgeons doing this where they travel from one hospital to another, so get your records on a PHR so you are ready for this in case it happens to you.  They of course do their best but when they travel from one location to another and have to rely on paper records that they can’t preview and ...
  3 weeks ago

• Connecticut Hospitals Choose To Hide Medical Errors

  
  Better Health — Authority: 509
  There is a disturbing story in the Hartford Courant (via the WSJ Health Blog ) on how Connecticut state lawmakers have helped hospitals keep medical mistakes secret from the public.  It’s true: The legislature in 2002 ordered hospitals to disclose all serious patient injuries “associated with medical ...
  3 weeks ago

• Burnout and Mental Distress Strongly Related to Errors by U.S. Surgeons

  
  Mayo Clinic News — Authority: 458
  Journalists: For links to web-video and audio files, see the bottom of this post.Major medical errors self-reported by American surgeons are strongly related to both burnout and depression. Those findings appear today in the online edition of Annals of Surgery. The Mayo Clinic-led study included collaborators from ...
  3 weeks ago

• Dr. Val Tells ABC News About Hospital Errors And How To Avoid Them

  
  Better Health — Authority: 509
  I kick off this segment with a surprising twist: I describe a hospital error that I experienced as a patient in the ER of a famous academic medical center.  And yes, I give a shout out to Paul Levy at minute 5 for his courageous efforts to reduce infection rates at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.
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• Preventable hospital infections: To Err is Human, to delay is deadly

  
  Consumer Reports Health Blog — Authority: 503
  Ten years ago, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released To Err is Human, reporting that as many as 98,000 Americans die every year from preventable medical errors. Today, on the report’s 10-year-anniversary, Consumer’s Union Safe Patient Project is hosting a forum in Washington, DC to call attention to the fact ...
  3 weeks ago

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