Activity at a Veteran Affairs hospital was significantly reduced after its computer system was downed by a data corruption issue, which significantly disrupted patient care practices at the hospital, resulting in restrictions on the hospital admitting new patients and an exhausted medical staff.
US Naval Hospital, Guam, and Fairview Health Services are the winners of the National Patient Safety Foundation's 2016 Stand Up for Patient Safety Management Awards. The awards acknowledge their efforts to improve medication reconciliation and reduce biological specimen mismanagement, respectively. The organizations will be honored during the 18th Annual NPSF Patient Safety Congress held May 23-25 in Scottsdale, Ariz.
For this post we welcome guest blogger, Ruperto A. Glaize, A CIV US USA MEDCOM, equipment maintenance, Womack Army Medical Center, who shares his best practices concerning use errors, based on his observations from working in sma
Activity at a Veteran Affairs hospital was significantly reduced after its computer system was downed by a data corruption issue, which significantly disrupted patient care practices at the hospital, resulting in restrictions on the hospital admitting new patients and an exhausted medical staff.