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Issue 37, September 17, 2014

• As antibiotic resistance worsens, a more focused, aggressive approach may be necessary

  In light of a 2014 WHO report, one infectious disease expert is calling for more stringent...

• Study: Discharged patients return to the ER because of lack of trust

  Patients who return to the ER within a few days of discharge do so principally because they are...

• OSHA tightens up injury reporting rule

  OSHA tightened its rules on the reporting of workplace deaths and severe injuries, requiring that...

• Guest OSHA Column: Developing a Safety Committee

  Being a large healthcare system, many sets of eyeballs are necessary in order to have a...

Issue 26, July 9, 2014

• Study: Many anesthesiologists fail to wash hands

  A new study suggests that anesthesiologists may be putting patients at risk for infections because...

• Arizona, Massachusetts report latest cases of Chikungunya virus

  Two more states, including Arizona, have reported cases of mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus, a...

• OSHA Column: Start fresh with safety!

  I hope this finds you all safe and refreshed after the July 4 holiday. As I went about my...

Issue 6, February 20, 2014

• Suspect dies in the ER after Baystate standoff

  Police in Springfield, Mass. have released the name of a man who they say shot his wife and then...

Issue 52, December 31, 2014

• Mistake at CDC may have exposed scientist to Ebola

  A violation of safety rules at the CDC lab in Atlanta may have exposed a scientist to the Ebola...

Issue 51, December 17, 2014

• New law gives Minnesota nurses more power

  A shortage of physicians in Minnesota, especially in rural areas of the state, has given rise to a...

• CDC: Tanning beds send thousands to the ER

  The CDC reports that although indoor tanning injuries have declined, they still have sent more than...

• OSHA Guest blog: Hand in mouth

  The safety culture varies greatly from laboratory to laboratory. Most lab employees these days know...

Issue 50, December 10, 2014

• ICD-10 transition could pose challenges to patient safety data

  A new study reveals that specific patient safety indicators could be significantly altered in the...

• Pharmacy error led to Oregon patient death

  The death of a hospital patient last week in Bend, Oregon occurred because a pharmacy worker...

• Crews respond to fire, reported gas leak at Texas hospital

  A maintenance worker at a hospital in Lubbock, Texas was injured after firefighters responded to...

• OSHA Column: Expert tips on training for Ebola

  Hear that? That’s the relative quiet we’ve been enjoying since the media furor over the...

Issue 49, December 3, 2014

• Senate subcommittee turns its attention to patient safety

  Experts testify that there are more than 1,000 preventable deaths each day and that patient safety...

• Obama: Fewer hospital mistakes saved 50,000 lives, $12 billion

  A new report from the Obama administration claims that improved patient safety and fewer mistakes...

• Stigma and cost making hospitals wary of caring for Ebola patients

  U.S. hospitals are reluctant to become part of a U.S. network of facilities specializing in the...

Issue 48, November 26, 2014

• Joint Commission announces new 2015 Patient Safety Systems chapter

  With limited information available, the new chapter references leadership standards, but it's...

• Smoking blamed, quick action by staff credited for saving patient in hospital fire

  A patient who was smoking while using oxygen is being blamed for a fire in a Fargo, North Dakota...

• Connecticut hospital holds emergency drill for first responders

  About 25 wailing people who appeared to possess multiple injuries were attended to by emergency...

• Preventing Violence in the ED: Designing an Effective Violence Prevention Program

  Patient violence against healthcare providers continues to be a growing problem in hospitals and...

Issue 47, November 19, 2014

• ICD-10 transition could pose challenges to patient safety data

  A new study reveals that specific patient safety indicators could be significantly altered in the...

• Doctor becomes second U.S. Ebola death

  A doctor who spent time treating Ebola patients in West Africa died November 17 at a hospital in...

• Firefighter stops suicide attempt at hospital

  A firefighter is being credited with quick thinking and preventing a patient at an Alabama hospital...

• OSHA Guest Column: Review sharps safety with your staff!

  Sharps safety is no small matter. In the above scenarios, the incidents are particularly unsettling...

Issue 46, November 12, 2014

• Emphasis on antimicrobial stewardship becomes a national focus

  An executive order from President Obama and a rash of new studies have thrust the importance of...

• Hospital deploys robots to kill Ebola

  A hospital system in Florida is using robot technology to help fight potential Ebola and other...

• Study: Hospital workers wash hands less frequently toward shift end

  Hospital workers who deal directly with patients wash their hands less frequently as their workday...

Issue 44, November 5, 2014

• Critics of Partnership for Patients program question validity of outcomes

  Editorial sheds light on true effectiveness of the CMS program and Hospital Engagement Network

• Study: Connecticut hospitals rank among worst in infection safety

  A study released by nonprofit organization Kaiser Health looked at hospitals across the country and...

• Police shoot and kill patient who pulled gun at Chicago-area hospital

  A man who was a patient at a Highland Park, Illinois hospital was shot and killed by police a day...

• OSHA column: Keep up on the latest Ebola information

  By now, I’m sure you all have had just about your fill of news coverage about Ebola. And...

Issue 43, October 28, 2014

• Patient safety ’situation room’ offers rapid solutions to prevent patient harm

  UVA Medical Center's "situation room" ignites a daily discussion of patient safety...

• Second Dallas nurse declared free of Ebola virus

  A second nurse who contracted Ebola after treating a patient at a Dallas hospital has been declared...

• Two killed in Michigan hospital shooting

  Two people, including a worker at a hospital in Lansing, Michigan, were killed October 21 in...

• Upcoming HCPro webcast helps prepare your facility for Ebola

  Join us for Ebola: How to Prepare Your Facility, to learn all you need to know about protecting...

Issue 42, October 22, 2014

• Survey shows patient safety leaders lack detailed, real-time harm data

  Could better technology improve the way hospitals detect and respond to patient harm?

• California hospital kept operating rooms open after Joint Commission warning

  A California hospital continued to allow surgeries in its operating rooms earlier this year even...

• C.D.C. issues new guidelines for Ebola care

  Federal officials announced new guidelines October for the protection of hospital workers caring...

• OSHA Guest column: Train now for proper Ebola PPE

  Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (VHF) or Ebola is the hot topic right now in healthcare facilities and in...

Issue 41, October 15, 2014

• The debate over weapons in the ER

  More hospital shootings reignite debate over whether ER staff should be able to carry defensive...

• Second Ebola patient confirmed at Dallas hospital

  A second health care worker who cared for an Ebola patient at a Dallas hospital has contracted the...

• Nurses' union exposes major care flaws in Texas hospital Ebola case

  The Liberian man being treated for Ebola at a Texas hospital was left in an open area of the...

• OSHA Column: We need your input for a possible Ebola webcast

  We at HCPro are discussing the possibility of hosting a special webcast about infection control...

Issue 40, October 8, 2014

• Man texted threats to attack doctor with baseball bat

  A Stamford, Connecticut man was arrested Oct. 2 after he repeatedly texted an employee at Stamford...

• Child treated at Delaware hospital for possible Ebola

  A young child from African nation of Liberia was being held in isolation at a hospital in Dover...

Issue 39, October 1, 2014

• CDC confirms first U.S. Ebola patient

  The CDC confirmed Sept. 30 that a hospital patient in Dallas is the first Ebola victim to be...

• Report: Antibiotic overuse doubled C. diff rates

  A new report suggests that the rate of C. difficile infections in U.S. hospitals nearly doubled...

• OSHA Column: OSHA tightens up reporting rules

  If you’ve been watching the news coming out of Safetyland, you know that OSHA last week...

Issue 38, September 24, 2014

• A "red-flag approach" to managing EHR safety

  Advancements in health IT may have unintended consequences for patient safety

• Study: What makes patients turn violent?

  A new study aims to avert patient attacks on healthcare workers by identifying the situations most...

• CDC: Treat all body fluids as infected with Ebola

  In an attempt to keep Ebola patients from reaching the U.S., the CDC has issued a new warning to...

• OSHA Column: Scary close calls in healthcare safety

  In our upcoming October issue of Medical Environment Update, our experts tell ghoulish tales of...

Issue 36, September 10, 2014

• Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert focuses on misuse of vials

  New guidelines from The Joint Commission highlight key areas of concern and factors that contribute...

• Mystery respiratory virus sends hundreds of kids to hospitals

  Hospitals across the Midwest have been dealing with an influx of hundreds of child patients...

• CMS will resume posting hospital mistake data

  Federal regulators are reversing course and will resume publicly releasing data on hospital...

Issue 35, September 3, 2014

• Study: Adherence to infection control policies lacking in the ICU

  Researchers find that infection control policies in the ICU vary widely and clinician adherence...

• Feds investigate safety failure that led to broken bones in elderly patient

  Federal investigators are investigating claims that unsafe practices by staff at Parkland Memorial...

• Open visitation increases safety, enhances patient satisfaction

  A Tennessee hospital is the latest to experiment with an open visitation policy for its patients...

Issue 34, August 27, 2014

• Study: Adherence to infection control policies lacking in the ICU

  Researchers find that infection control policies in the ICU vary widely and clinician adherence...

• Surgical 'black box' may track and detect medical errors

  A new tracking device could help reduce medical errors by watching and recording a surgeon’s...

• Tennessee hospitals lag in preventing MRSA infections

  Patients in Tennessee hospitals are 12 percent more likely to contract a MRSA infection than most...

Issue 33, August 20, 2014

• North Carolina hospital uses Lean methodology to reduce patient falls

  With a few simple interventions, New Hanover Regional Medical Center saw a 22% decline in patient...

• Red flashing lights improve hand hygiene compliance

  Infection control experts are always looking for new ways to get healthcare workers to remember to...

• Hundreds of bioterror lab mishaps cloaked in secrecy

  Government reports show that more than 1,100 laboratory incidents involving bacteria, viruses and...

• OSHA Column: Lessons learned in healthcare safety

  September is traditionally the month when the nation’s students go back to school. So for the...

Issue 32, August 13, 2014

• Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert focuses on misuse of vials

  New guidelines from The Joint Commission highlight key areas of concern and factors that contribute...

• Doctors inside Emory's Ebola unit speak out

  Doctors at the Atlanta hospital that received the country’s first-ever Ebola patients last...

• Man arrested trying to abduct infant from California hospital

  A father who attempted to take his newborn son out of a San Jose, California hospital against the...

• Guest OSHA Column: Should docs carry guns?

  In July, a patient shot and killed his case worker and wounded a physician at Mercy Wellness...

Issue 31, August 6, 2014

• Infection control experts, regulators begin staggered update of HAI compendium

  Updated resource gets a makeover

• Suspected Ebola patient isolated in New York City hospital

  A patient at a New York hospital remained in isolation Tuesday as doctors awaited test results to...

• Experts: Maryland hospitals aren't reporting all errors and complications

  It’s impossible to know how many physician errors and complications harm patients every year...

• OSHA Column: What's up with OSHA's proposed I2P2 rule?

  In case you haven’t heard, OSHA has been rather quietly avoiding implementing a rule that the...

Issue 30, July 30, 2014

• Senator Boxer’s report on patient safety shows progress within California

  Report cites specific examples of patient safety improvements throughout the state, identifying...

• Report: Deadly CRE superbug is spreading in U.S. hospitals

  A disturbing new report says that cases of a contagious and deadly bacterial infection known as CRE...

• Head of CDC Anthrax lab steps down

  The head of the CDC lab where workers potentially exposed their colleagues to live anthrax resigned...

• OSHA Column: What can we learn from the CDC's mistakes?

  If the big lab can’t get it right, we’ve got problems.

Issue 29, July 23, 2014

• Government report shows improvement in patient harm and readmissions

  A new report shows a 9% decrease in patient harm and an 8% decrease in readmissions since...

• CDC: We "may never know" how bird flu mishap occurred

  The CDC admits it “may never know” how a fairly harmless form of bird flu was...

• Experts: Hospitals no safer than 15 years ago

  A group of healthcare experts told a Senate subcommittee July 17 that patients in American...

• Guest OSHA Column: Be Personally Protected

  In some laboratories, the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) may be confusing to staff...

Issue 28, July 16, 2014

• Should hospitals ban handshakes to prevent infections?

  One group of UCLA researchers argues that the handshake, although steeped in social custom, has no...

• CDC admits a lax culture at labs after exposures

  The CDC, in a self-assessment being done after scientists at its headquarters potentially exposed...

• Water may have spread South Carolina hospital infection

  Federal health officials are focusing on water as the possible source of bacteria that infected 15...

• OSHA Column: Take a lesson about chemicals from janitor's death

  We hear it every day like a broken record – wear your PPE and know what you are doing when...

• Live Webcast: Mock Tracers: Improve Survey Readiness and Staff Engagement

  Join our survey prep experts for a lively 90-minute webcast on using mock tracers to improve...

Issue 27, July 9, 2014

• Worker fatigue and its direct impact on patient safety

  An overtired or overworked workforce not only affects worker safety, it can also lead to patient...

Issue 26, July 2, 2014

• AHRQ measures patient safety culture in healthcare

  Some argue that the AHRQ survey doesn't paint the full picture

• Boston hospital will screen all patients for substance abuse

   Massachusetts General Hospital will begin the uncommon practice of questioning its patients...

• Investigation finds military hospitals lack safety standards

   Military hospitals across the nation fail to look into unexpected deaths of patients, and do...

• OSHA Column: Top safety myths - and the truth

    It’s that time of month when I’m finalizing stories for Medical Environment...

Issue 25, June 25, 2014

• Top 10 patient safety concerns in 2014

   Data integrity failures with health IT, poor care coordination, and reporting errors...

• A warning, a delayed repair, a patient died

  A psychiatric hospital in Boston is under fire from government investigators after a patient died...

• Doctors, hospitals face lawsuits over sponge left behind in surgery

  A medical sponge left inside a California woman cost her several years of misery and misdiagnoses...

Issue 24, June 18, 2014

• Spring 2014 Hospital Safety Scores show progress among some hospitals

  Updated scores from The Leapfrog Group shows a 6.3% overall improvement in scores, and highlights...

• Joint Commission issues alert about unsafe injection practices

  An apparent prevalent practice of mishandling injectable vials of medication in healthcare...

• Seattle doctor suspended for sexting during surgeries

  A Washington State doctor has been stripped of his medical license after authorities say he was...

• OSHA Guest Column: Hand in Mouth

  The safety culture varies greatly from laboratory to laboratory. Most lab employees these days know...

Issue 23, June 11, 2014

• Vidant Health transforms quality care following a blood event in 2006

  In 2006, a blood transfusion error at one of Vidant Health's facilities led to a patient receiving...

• Hand washing compliance up to 90% in Maryland hospitals

  Maryland hospitals are proving that under pressure, it is possible to get just about all healthcare...

• Bridgewater State Hospital faces surprise survey over patient safety concerns

  Prompted by patient safety concerns, The Joint Commission conducted a surprise survey last month of...

• OSHA Blog: Test your safety knowledge and win $100 off HCPro products!

  The National Safety Council, a safety advocate group that promotes safety in homes, workplaces, and...

Issue 22, June 4, 2014

• CDC reports on HAIs show some progress, sets the stage for future prevention efforts

   New and improved data released by the CDC offers a more comprehensive and accurate depiction...

• CDC announces false alarm on MERS transmission

  A week after confirming a third U.S. case of the mysterious Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome...

• Should the handshake be banned in healthcare?

  There may be no better gesture in our culture that says “good to see you” than the...

• OSHA Blog: CDC backs down on MERS threat - what does it mean?

  By now, you’ve likely heard that the CDC backed down yesterday on its official number of U.S...

Issue 21, May 28, 2014

• Worker fatigue and its direct impact on patient safety

  Research shows that a tired workforce leads to poor patient care, although many facilities have yet...

• Minnesota becomes first state to ban anti-bacterial soap

  The state of Minnesota has become the first state in the country to officially ban any retail...

• Nurses say staffing shortages in San Francisco hospitals affect patient safety

  With a contract about to expire in about 5 weeks, nurses with the San Francisco Department of...

• OSHA Blog: Protect now against facility flooding

  It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost a year since parts of the Midwest such as...

Issue 20, May 21, 2014

• Minnesota’s RARE Campaign finds success in reducing readmissions

  As hospitals across the country search for ways to reduce readmissions in the wake of reimbursement...

• CDC: Third U.S. case of Middle East virus confirmed

  The CDC has confirmed the third American case of a mysterious respiratory virus known as Middle...

• A lesson in hospital linen safety from laundry to patient and back

  It’s often taken for granted that dirty laundry in a hospital will be properly cleaned...

• OSHA Guest Blog: Get to the point with needlestick safety

  Rita did not place the top on the sharps container when she replaced it in the morning. Later, she...

Issue 19, May 14, 2014

• Bridging the gap between healthcare worker and patient safety

  Those in the patient safety field may not think about their fellow healthcare workers on a...

• CDC confirms second U.S. case of MERS

  The CDC has confirmed the second American case of a mysterious respiratory virus known as Middle...

• Sacramento hospital fined $50,000 for patient's death

  The California Department of Health has fined Sutter General Hospital in Sacramento $50,000 for...

• OSHA Blog: Safety Week is coming!

  The National Safety Council, a safety advocate group that promotes safety in homes, workplaces, and...

Issue 18, May 7, 2014

• CDC report highlights inconsistent antibiotic prescribing practices

  New research from the CDC offers additional insight into growing concern about antibiotic...

• Study: Readmission to different hospital affects patient safety

  An interesting study out of Canada suggests that patients released from one hospital and readmitted...

• CDC confirms first U.S. case of Middle East virus

  Health officials with the CDC have confirmed the first American case of a mysterious respiratory...

Issue 17, April 30, 2014

• Bridging the gap between healthcare worker and patient safety

  Those in the patient safety field may not think about their fellow healthcare workers on a...

• Deadly fungus in New Orleans hospital raises patient safety questions

  The deaths of at least four children from a flesh-eating infection contracted from improperly...

• Top 10 patient safety concerns

  Patient safety advocate ECRI Institute has released a list of what it says are the top 10 patient...

• OSHA Blog: What are some of your top training tips?

  The National Safety Council has designated June as National Safety Month, and we at HCPro are...

• Marketing spotlight: Briefings on Accreditation and Quality

  We track every move The Joint Commission makes to help ensure survey success at your hospital...

Issue 16, April 23, 2014

• Boston Medical Center reduces alarm fatigue by recalibrating alarm limits

  If you walk onto the medical-surgical units in Boston Medical Center (BMC), you may notice...

• Hospital physicians must pay $4.5 million in patient death

  Two physicians at Massachusetts General Hospital must pay the family of a Plymouth, Mass., woman...

• OSHA Blog: Are you ready for National Nurses Week?

  It is almost time to begin the celebrations for National Nurses Week (May 6-12), whose theme this...

• Syracuse hospital warns patients after electronic cigarette fire

  A hospital in Syracuse, N.Y., is warning patients not to use electronic cigarettes as an...

• Marketing spotlight: Free Hazard Communication white paper

  Have you trained your staff on the new GHS standards related to hazard communication? HCPro has...

Issue 14, April 16, 2014

• Who gets the blame for patient safety errors?

  When the Institute of Medicine's report To Err Is Human was released in 1999, there was a clear...

• Study: Experienced nurses lead to better quality of care

  The length of time that a nurse has been on the job at a particular hospital might be directly tied...

• Ohio hospitals helping keep sleeping babies safe

  The Ohio Hospital Association and the state health department are urging Ohio’s hospitals to...

• OSHA Blog: CMS rule could hit the little guys where it hurts

  I am a huge proponent of making improvements to any emergency plan, but when regulatory agencies...

• Marketing spotlight: OSHA Online Training Pack

  Protect employees and maintain OSHA compliance with HCPro’s OSHA Online Training Pack and...

Issue 13, April 9, 2014

• SHEA guidance document reviews HCW attire and its impact on infection control

  Between hand hygiene, sterile practices, environmental cleaning, and a host of other infection...

• Report: Patient safety varies widely among U.S. hospitals

  A report in Consumer Reports found that patients in the country’s top-rated hospitals are 34...

• Experts say zero never events are possible

  Some experts say never events such as wrong-site operations could be a thing of the past, but...

• OSHA Blog: Tactics to get employees to take OSHA seriously

  One of the recurring complaints I get from folks in the clinic safety field is that it can be...

Issue 12, April 2, 2014

• Overcoming patient safety challenges associated with anticoagulants

  Anticoagulant drugs remain one of the top safety concerns for hospitals around the country, and...

• Doctors more likely to wash hands when patients are watching

  Doctors are more motivated to wash their hands if they know their patients are keeping tabs on...

• CDC report: One in 25 hospital patients get an infection

  A new report out from the CDC estimates that about one in every 25 hospital patients contracts an...

• OSHA Blog: Chemical hazards are everywhere - Take stock!

  I’ve been trying to write more fun “Top Ten”-type stories for my readers of...

Issue 11, March 26, 2014

• Pharmacist-led medication reconciliation initiatives can reduce errors, improve care

  When it comes to medication reconciliation (also known as “med rec”), accuracy is...

• Joint Commission webinar will address worker fatigue

  A webinar that will feature The Joint Commission will focus on the symptoms and safety implications...

• California voters fight to get patient safety bill approved

  A petition with more than 80,000 signatures is being submitted to the California legislature to...

• OSHA Blog: Safety tips to warm the soul (Soon, I hope!)

  As we in Boston, and a good portion of the U.S. for that matter, endure another deep freeze, and...

Issue 10, March 19, 2014

• Study shows sepsis bundle reduces mortality in the ED

  In 2011, some of the hospitals within Adventist Health System (AHS), headquartered in Altamonte...

• Report: Overuse of antibiotics puts patients at risk

  A new report from the CDC confirms what has been suspected for some time – overuse of...

• Study: Surgical checklists may not improve patient outcomes

  A study out of Canada offers a surprising counterclaim to a 2009 claim that surgical checklists can...

• OSHA Blog: How do you get employees to take OSHA seriously?

  As I get geared up to start working on the May issue of Medical Environment Update (as the...

Issue 9, March 12, 2014

• Improving patient handoffs with a structured system

  Improving patient handoffs has long been on the radar of hospitals and health systems. As...

• Texas hospitals under scrutiny for allowing "sociopath" doctor to operate

  Three hospitals in Texas are being investigated in the case of a neurosurgeon who lost his license...

• Overworked nurses and education impacts patient safety

  A new study finds that patients that seek treatment in hospitals where nurses have higher education...

• OSHA Blog: You think healthcare work is unsafe? This is what they USED to do.

  It’s hard to think of a time when healthcare workers worked in a more dangerous environment...

Issue 8, March 5, 2014

• Study finds stethoscopes can be substantially contaminated

  A study conducted in 2009 at a Swiss teaching hospital found that physician stethoscopes can be...

• One in five health facilities don't put sanitizer where needed

  A new study reports that one in five healthcare facilities in the U.S. don’t put hand...

• Rate of babies delivered early at U.S. hospitals drops sharply

  Pressure from employers, government officials and patient-safety advocates are leading U.S...

Issue 7, February 26, 2014

• Less ER image testing saves money, improves patient safety

  In an effort to improve patient safety and lower costs, some doctors are looking to remove...

Issue 6, February 19, 2014

• Report: 40 percent of town residents have MRSA infection

  A disturbing report out of North Okaloosa, Fla. says that some 40 percent of the town's residents...

• Hospitals in Missouri stop "code" calls

  In an effort to improve patient safety and communication during emergencies, hospitals in Missouri...

Issue 5, February 12, 2014

• Hospital to 18 patients: You may have been exposed to incurable disease

  It’s something a hospital never wants to say to a patient: Oops, we gave you a very serious...

• Five patient safety lessons you can learn from the Super Bowl teams

  You may or may not have liked the big game on Super Bowl Sunday, but according to this blog from...

• Ambulance fully engulfed in flames while transporting patient

  In another example of how dangerous riding in an ambulance can be, an ambulance transporting a...

Issue 4, February 5, 2014

• Investigation finds multiple errors in SF hospital death

  A California state investigation has found that officials with both the San Francisco...

• Veterans Hospital gets high marks for low infection rates

  Several infection control watchdogs are calling hospitals to take a lesson from the Louisville...

Issue 3, January 29, 2014

• Two childbirth deaths probed at Boston-area hospital

  South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, Mass. has launched an internal review and has notified the state...

• Flu causes visitor restrictions at Indianapolis hospitals

  Public Health officials in Indianapolis announced last Friday that temporary visitation...

• Man shoots wife in Carson City, Nev. hospital room

  In what is being called an attempted murder-suicide, an 88-year-old man has been charged with...

Issue 2, January 15, 2014

• VA hospital in Mo. makes changes after patient beating death

  An administrative board ruled that the Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital in Columbia, Mo, failed to...

• Hospital sees burns increase with cold temperatures

  A hospital in Augusta, Ga., reported that as temperatures decreased last week, they saw a rise in...

• Winnipeg taxi drivers will be held accountable for patient safety

  Taxi cab drivers in the Canadian city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, will be held accountable for the...

Issue 1, January 8, 2014

• OSHA extends recordkeeping comment deadline to March 8

  OSHA has announced that it will extend a public comment period on a proposed new requirement that...

• Girl declared brain dead moved from hospital

  A 13-year-old girl who was declared brain dead after alleged malnourishment during a stay at a San...

• Wisconsin hospital policy prompts end to birth announcements

  Two birthing hospitals in Madison, Wis., have stopped providing birth information to protect...