-
The prospect of uniform codes has been floated in Wisconsin by, of all things, the local media. After a reporter in Marshfield, WI, who was covering a disaster drill at the Marshfield Clinic noted that the overhead announcement of color codes confused employees at nearby St. Michaels Hospital, he ran a follow-up article illustrating the different codes used by hospitals statewide.
-
In 2001, in the wake of a tragic incident in West Anaheim (CA) Medical Center where three employees were shot to death, state investigators questioned how the gunman was able to advance to a stairwell and a hospital lobby of the medical center after the first distress call was signaled. To ease staff confusion in such situations, the Healthcare Association of Southern California adopted the nations first standardized hospital emergency codes.
-
-
Concern over the 75% rule, new local medical review policies, and the on-again, off-again outpatient therapy cap certainly have kept rehab advocates busy over the last year. Now another area of concern is emerging: the future of long-term care hospitals (LTCHs).
-
-
Last years worldwide outbreak of a deadly new virus, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), made health systems around the world re-examine their preparedness to deal with a sudden epidemic of infectious disease. But in addition to designing new methods for detecting outbreaks and improving measures to prevent spread, health care providers again must look at the complex ethical issues that epidemics pose to society, experts say.
-
The current lack of oversight for assisted reproductive technology (ART) and human embryo research is compromising the future of children created using ART as well as hindering the progress of research into new and innovative treatments for diseases and conditions, a new report from the Presidents Council on Bioethics indicates.
-
The authors report that a 1995 survey showed that 64% of trauma centers in the United States used corticosteroids more than half the time in the intensive care management of head injury patients, and they also mention documented use of steroids in England and Asia.
-
This prospective study from the Netherlands evaluated 696 episodes of community-acquired acute bacterial meningitis from October 1998 to April 2002.
-
