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Distracted Doctoring – One More Things to Worry About
I had not heard of this until the New York Times article late last year ÛÒ distracted doctoring. ThatÛªs scary! All of the technology hospitals now have is great. And while the article does mention that the technology can distract practitioners, it also pointed out that doctors and nurses may...
Be Your Own Patient Advocate (Video)
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Being Your Own Patient Advocate
@Comstoc, Getty Images Joe and Teresa Graedon’s book “Top Screwups Doctors Make and How to Avoid Them” is an acknowledgment that serious mistakes are made at every hospital in America on a daily basis. Its genesis started with their own nightmare involving Joe’s mother’s care in an NC hospital.The Graedon’s...
Threats of Nursing Home Lawsuits Do Not Improve Care
Nursing homes with high quality ratings are sued almost as often as lower performing nursing homes, according to a new study published by the New England Journal of Medicine. And researchers found litigation or its likelihood does not necessarily result in better care.æ Researchers analyzed information about nursing home lawsuits...
Hospital Deception – A Chilling Tale
This blog is worth a read and shows just how diligent you need to be in tracking your health care. This is a chilling account of how one hospital deposed a witness then falsified her testimony. Luckily this hospital deception was uncovered as she kept a copy of her original...
Voice Activated Resident Charting Saves Lives, Captures Revenue
The Villa St. Joseph, a nursing home near Pittsburgh, PA has introduced a voice activated computer system called AccuNurse that documents in real time all of the care being provided. Gone are charting specific patient interactions sometimes hours after they occurred. That only increases the likelihood of errors and omissions....