March 18, 2019
NEJM: Patient Safety Outcomes under Flexible and Standard Resident Duty-Hour Rules
NEJM: Patient Safety Outcomes under Flexible and Standard Resident Duty-Hour Rules
Patient dies from sepsis caused by old iv line inserted but never used during her treatment.
Indiana $22M #QualityFraud: Hospital overbilled Medicare, OIG says
The HOUR Trial: Clinical Decision Rule for Opioid Overdose Patients in the Emergency Department
Federal officials threaten Tampa Johns Hopkins’ All Children’s funding, citing fundamental patient safety issues. Following January inspection, the hospital has just 10 days to outline a plan to meet federal rules. #QualityFraud
I’ve always told physicians I work with and against: Quit bitching about lawyers – we’re not your real enemy. From KevinMD: Starting with health management organizations, managed care, all the way to the insurance exchange, doctoring has been forcefully wrestled away from physicians only to be placed into the hands of large insurers, administrators and […]
Neurosurgeon and all other physicians vote unanimously “no confidence” in NCH (Naples, Florida) Hospital CEO Over Admissions Policy Dispute
Hospital Giants Seek To Undo Tool To Defraud Health Care System
How To Solve Out Of Control Healthcare Costs #QualityFraud
US Patients Have Fewer Privacy Rights – And That’s A Problem.