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IPs Urged to Join Healthcare Sustainability Movement
In the aftermath of a pandemic that drove an astounding increase in single-use medical supplies, the inevitable reckoning and potential partnership between infection prevention and the healthcare environmental sustainability movement has accelerated. The search for common ground is at a critical inflection point.
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Defendants Prevail Against Malpractice Claims Related to Hernia Surgery and Medication List
This case has many lessons to learn from the multiple defendants, multiple theories of malpractice liability, and multiple defenses. Perhaps one of the more interesting aspects of this case relates to the patient’s primary care physician, who was one of the two remaining defendants when the matter proceeded to trial.
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Failure to Diagnose and Treat Post-Surgery Infection Leads to $1.18 Million Verdict
One of the primary takeaways from this case is the importance of keeping thorough and accurate records. Keeping thorough and accurate records is important given the length of time that lapses between the underlying medical services and the potential for legal action, particularly trials.
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Hospital Crippled by Days-Long Cyberattack
Lurie Children’s Hospital, Chicago’s largest pediatric provider, experienced a cyberattack that crippled its email systems and most of its phone service for nearly two weeks.
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HHS Proposes Cybersecurity Requirements for Hospitals
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released a concept paper outlining its cybersecurity strategy for the healthcare sector, focusing specifically on strengthening resilience for hospitals threatened by cyberattacks. HHS outlined four pillars for action, including new voluntary healthcare-specific cybersecurity performance goals.
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Patient and Family Complaints Require Careful Response
Healthcare organizations should have processes for responding to complaints from patients and families. The nature and seriousness of the complaint will dictate how much of a response is required.
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Wellness Walking: As Few as 2,600 Steps Cuts Mortality
Considerable attention has been paid to daily step counts (SC) as a device to encourage walking and reduce the risk of cardiovascular events. However, minimal or optimal levels of SC have not been well characterized, and the influence of walking intensity, sex, and the SC device have not been fully elucidated.
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Veteran Speaker and Consultant on the Struggles of Healthcare Workers
Kathy Espinoza, MBA, MS, CPE, CIE is a frequent speaker on work culture, including work-life balance, motivation and overcoming adversity, and the science of ergonomics in a variety of settings. Hospital Employee Health asked Espinoza to comment on the conditions healthcare workers are currently facing.
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As Predicted, Measles Returns in Unvaccinated
As this report was filed, a measles outbreak was underway at a Florida elementary school, prompting a bizarre letter to parents and guardians by the state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, MD, PhD. Ladapo has a history of taking antivaccine positions.
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HIV Needlestick: Low Risk, High Anxiety
Worst-case scenario: a healthcare worker experiences a needlestick and is exposed to the blood of an HIV-positive patient. All things considered, there is a less than 1% chance that the healthcare worker will acquire HIV from a known positive needlestick. Despite those odds, many healthcare workers do not feel particularly lucky right after a needlestick.