On October 24, The Joint Commission released the new National Patient Safety Goals for 2013. The list includes no new goals; however, hospitals are still struggling over many goals, and NPSG.07.06.01-a goal that was new in 2012-requires hospitals to have fully implemented their...
Order from Chaos: Accelerating Integration of Care, a report of the Lucian Leape Institute (LLI) Roundtable on Care Integration, was released on the National Patient Safety Foundation's website in October. The LLI was created in 2007 and focuses on identifying new approaches to patient...
On July 20, a gunman set off tear gas and opened fire in a crowded Aurora, Colo., theater at a midnight movie screening, killing 12 and injuring 58 others.
In the last 10 years, obesity among adults has become a focal point in the United States. As a result, there has been an increased effort from the government and national health organizations to help curb the obesity issue, which is putting a massive strain not only on patients' health but on...
In November 2000, the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act (NSPA) was passed by the federal government. The act, which was adopted by OSHA under its Bloodborne Pathogens standard several months later, requires employers to identify, evaluate, and implement safer medical...
