In July, doctors at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) performed the first hand transplant on a child. The 10-hour surgery, performed on an eight-year-old boy who had lost his hands and feet following a serious infection at the age of two, included 40 different surgeons, doctors...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 27, Issue 1
The focus of The Joint Commission's most recent Sentinel Event Alert (SEA) is a challenge healthcare organizations have struggled with for years?preventing patient falls.
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 27, Issue 1
After a year of increased scrutiny over infection control issues related to endoscope reprocessing, many hospitals will encounter another challenge: Thousands of machines used to wash and perform high-level disinfection of endoscopes will be recalled under an FDA order.
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 27, Issue 1
An environment where suicide risk reduction strategies have been implemented can delay spontaneous impulses and allows staff an opportunity to identify an impending crisis, to use de-escalation techniques to reduce the risk of a crisis, and intervene with the most appropriate course of...
How much of an impact does email have on patient health? According to a new Kaiser Permanente study published in The American Journal of Managed Care, email plays quite a large role.
