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Technology helps U. of Michigan Health System keep track of surgical tools
Bar codes for sponges and electronic radiology orders are just two of the ways surgeons at the University of Michigan Health System are keeping track of tools used during operations. The effort is an
Inspector General: Never events go unreported
Hospitals fail to report serious adverse events to accrediting bodies, according to a Tuesday report by the Inspector General, reports USA Today. With hundreds of hospital errors unreported, Medicare
5 tips to avoiding the never event
As the most notorious and feared occurrence in a hospital, the never event--even though rare--can still hit hospitals and can be disastrous. A column in today's Hospitals & Health Networks by Dr.
Kidney went to wrong patient
After the wrong patient received a kidney transplant, USC University Hospital in Los Angeles halted its kidney transplant program on Jan. 29, the Los Angeles Times reports. Luckily, the "never event"
Preventable inpatient injuries plague Nevada hospitals, investigation finds
Nevada hospital administrators that, for years, have been under- or misreporting sentinel event data at their facilities are in for a rude awakening as a result of an extensive review of preventable
'Never events' in California hospitals on the rise
While many California hospitals like San Francisco General have been working hard in recent years to bring an end to "never events"--events that are never supposed to occur, such as leaving medical
Patient falls challenged as no-pay events
Patients come to hospitals because they're impaired, then are given drugs that while beneficial, may impair their judgment and balance further. This makes patient falls a difficult problem to
AHA, AMA balk at CMS nonpayment proposals for never events
The American Medical Association and the American Hospital Association have come together to challenge CMS proposals that would ban Medicare payments when surgeons operate on the wrong patient, the
Leapfrog's never events policy has higher participation in 2008
As healthcare industry attention shifts to medical errors--particularly "never events" that increasingly aren't reimbursable by health insurers--healthcare organizations are adopting new, more
Indiana hospitals see 24 percent more errors
While the absolute numbers are still small, they're moving in a questionable direction. The number of serious medical mistakes taking place in Indiana went up 24 percent last year, from 85 in 2006 to
