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Endoscopy Checklist?
28 Dec 2017 “Did you close the garage windows? Did you switch off the light in the basement?” – I hear my wife yelling while she is switching off the washing machine and checking the faucets in the kitchen and bathroom every Sunday late evenings or Monday early mornings. Closing down a weekend cottage is not so simple as it appears.
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Culture of Safety: “First Do Not Harm”
16 Nov 2017 Despite advances in modern medicine, patients around the world are still placed at risk by the very organizations designed to alleviate their illness.
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Stroke Clinical Excellence Certification Benefits for Senior Living Facilities
28 Jun 2017 In today’s high demand senior living arena, it has become increasingly crucial for all invested parties to be well trained and educated on the myriad health issues presented by its booming senior living population, including but not limited to hypertension, dementia, heart disease, depression, osteoporosis, diabetes, COPD, cancer, and stroke.
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Continuous Quality Improvement and Learning – Part 1
4 May 2017 A healthcare organization needs a comprehensive attempt to continuously improve outcomes and patient safety that goes beyond small changes for reduction of variance
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Why Do We Need the Endoscopy Standard?
9 Mar 2017 It is with great pleasure that I introduce the new AACI clinical excellence standard relating to endoscopy care, and facility competence and excellence. For many years the issue of management and appropriate supervision of endoscope and other re-useable medical equipment (RME) requirements particularly relating to decontamination and reprocessing has mostly gone without questioning the realities involved in this most important area of patient care
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Diagnostic Errors in Stroke
29 Apr 2016 A recent study in the Journal Stroke highlights many of the recurring themes in patient safety and diagnostic errors. The study identified missed strokes at both academic medical centers and community hospitals. The rates were alarmingly high, approximately 25% were missed and data analysis revealed most were in the posterior circulation and presented with nonspecific or atypical symptoms.
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What is the Role of Clinical Pharmacologist?
23 Dec 2015 I have reviewed the communication received from our client with respect to the role of clinical pharmacologists in our hospitals. Careful interpretation and explanation is necessary.
