Author: Robert C. Pendleton, MD FEBRUARY 27, 2018 Harvard Business Review Some health care leaders view with trepidation the new, disruptive health care alliance formed by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase. But I’m excited because disruption is all about delivering a new level of value for consumers. If this trio can disrupt the United […]
Read MoreBy Cara Livernois Of all types of healthcare providers, hospitals accounted for one-third of all data breaches and affected the largest number of individuals compared to doctors, nurses and social workers, according to a study published in The American Journal of Managed Care. The healthcare industry has been the primary source of high-level ransomware and malware […]
Read MoreAnesthesia Patient Safety Foundation March 2018 To the Editor: Since the Second World War, flip-flops have become an increasingly popular footwear in the United States. Nevertheless, most would agree that their wear is not appropriate in every situation and opinion might differ on what is unacceptable, acceptable, or even desired. Flips-flops at the communal pool […]
Read MoreAnesthesia Patient Safety Foundation March 2018 Author: Ronald S. Litman, DO The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ismp.org) receives reports of medication safety issues from health care providers and regulatory agencies worldwide. Two recent reports from the latter half of 2017 will be discussed here as they are pertinent to anesthesia professional practices. The first […]
Read MoreAnesthesia Patient Safety Foundation March 2018 Authors: Glenn Murphy, MD, and Joseph Szokol MD, JD, MBA Methadone, a drug that was initially developed in 1946, has a number of unique properties compared with other opioid analgesics, which give it an increasing role in the perioperative period. It has been one of the most extensively studied […]
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