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In a recent news release, North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA) the largest single-specialty anesthesia and perioperative management company in the United States, recently had its remote video auditing innovation, NAPA Peak Performance2®, acknowledged as a landmark study in an article…
A woman recorded the conversations that took place while she was sedated for a medical procedure at a Texas hospital and was shocked at what she heard when she pressed play afterward.
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Research indicates Medicare Advantage plans may not be equipped to take care of sicker patients, according to Austin Frakt, PhD, health economist and founder of the blog "The Incidental Economist."
Effective, efficient communication is key to effective, efficient patient flow. If there are communication breakdowns between departments, there’s often confusion and delays in getting patients to the right level of care.
The National Patient Safety Foundation’s Patient Safety Awareness Week kicked off on Sunday.
After being transferred from Florida Hospital East in Orlando to Florida Hospital Orlando for hand surgery, a man spent two days in a hospital bed in a hallway, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
Three medical professionals at Blountstown, Fla.-based Calhoun Liberty Hospital have been fired for the way they handled the case of Barbara Dawson, a 57-year-old woman who died after being forcibly removed from the hospital last December.