10 Best Practices for Patient Safety
March 18, 2010 - Just before the new millennium, health care began building a foundation to advance patient safety. The catalyst: a 1999 landmark Institute of Medicine report that highlighted safety problems and paved the way for reducing medical errors. Since then, many evidence-based practices have evolved to offer effective solutions to common adverse events.
The Facts about Face Time: Nurse Staffing Levels, Time with Patients are Critical to Patient Outcomes
March 18, 2010 - Nurses have known intuitively for years that when unit staffing allows them to spend more time with patients, outcomes improve and patients receive safer care. Researchers and nursing experts have spent considerable effort trying to determine the best staffing and why nurses at the bedside save lives.
Nearly 2 Million Californians Lost Health Insurance During Recession, Study Finds
March 16, 2010 - Nearly 2 million Californians lost their health insurance during 2008 and 2009 — years characterized by a deep recession and mass layoffs — bringing the total number of uninsured in the state to more than 8 million, according to new estimates from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
FDA Seeks Comments on Increasing Transparency
March 16, 2010 - As part of the final phase of its transparency initiative, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is seeking comment from the public and other interested stakeholders on how the agency can increase transparency in its interactions with regulated industry.
Some Older ER Patients Are Getting the Wrong Medicines, U-M Study Finds
March 15, 2010 - A University of Michigan study recently published in Academic Emergency Medicine says that it is common for patients 65 and older to receive potentially inappropriate medications when treated in an emergency room.
Ohio Nurses Association Works With Legislators to Address the Nurse Faculty Shortage
March 12, 2010 - The Ohio Nurses Association (ONA) has been working closely with Representatives Jay Goyal (D-Mansfield) and James Zehringer (R-Fort Recovery) to help address the shortage of nurse faculty members.