A medication mix-up at Ascension St. Thomas Hospital Midtown in Nashville, Tenn., severely harmed four surgical patients and placed the hospital in immediate jeopardy on three CMS conditions of participation, a state survey found. On Aug. 14, four patients undergoing…
Patient Safety & Outcomes
Eight professional societies and the Sepsis Alliance published a position paper Aug. 25 in Clinical Infectious Diseases, outlining strategies for hospitals to improve sepsis outcomes. Four things to know: 1. The Infectious Diseases Society of America spearheaded the effort, developing…
A medication mix-up that paralyzed a 72-year-old Nashville, Tenn., patient has pulled national pharmacy and anesthesiology groups into renewed scrutiny of whether clinicians should be criminally charged for errors. On Aug. 14, four joint replacement patients at Ascension St. Thomas…
Officials in Aiken, S.C., have charged a woman in connection with shots fired inside Aiken Regional Medical Centers the night of Aug. 25. No one was injured, according to the local police department and hospital. Officers with the Aiken Department…
Twelve days after a medication error at an Ascension hospital in Nashville, Tenn., harmed four patients, one of them is paralyzed below the sternum and being treated in Chicago, The New York Times reported Aug. 26. The hospital, Ascension St.…
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The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network and 128 other patient advocacy and professional groups submitted a comment letter Aug. 24 urging HHS’ Office of Inspector General to create a safe harbor under the federal anti-kickback statute allowing clinical trial…
About 21% of staff at Solnit South, Connecticut’s psychiatric hospital for children based in Middletown, are out on workers’ compensation for injuries sustained on the job, the Hartford Courant reported Aug. 24. Lawmakers have called the situation a “safety crisis,” while employees…
Three anesthesiology organizations reaffirmed the safety of spinal anesthesia in response to reported medication errors that severely harmed four patients in Nashville. The Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology, Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation and American Society of Anesthesiologists said spinal…
Ascension St. Thomas Hospital Midtown in Nashville, Tenn., has confirmed an “isolated medication error” that occurred in its pharmacy Aug. 14 affected four patients who are continuing to receive care. Six things to know: 1. Four joint replacement patients were…
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has released updated guidelines supporting fallopian tube removal to reduce ovarian cancer risk. The updated guidance was published Aug. 20 in Obstetrics & Gynecology. The move comes after a study found fallopian tube…