Dr Karl talks about patient safety, quality care and cultural transformation
The incidence of hospital-acquired infections may not be on the rise, but awareness of it certainly is. Trish Perl outlines the Johns Hopkins Hospital’s strategies to keep HAIs in check.
One of the only certainties Health Care Organizations are faced with today is change. Change is pervasive through-out healthcare. It seems every facet is being affected; technology, delivery of care, staffing models, financial resources, codes and standards, best practices. By CDH Partners
Manometric evaluation has been a vital component in understanding the physiology of the esophagus, as well as recognizing and comprehending various esophageal disorders. In many instances medical patient management and selection of the ideal surgical procedure can be dependent upon the evaluation of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) and esophageal body. By Sierra Scientific Instruments
The Siesta Group offers the world’s most efficient PSG scoring solution for diagnostic sleep centers in North America and world-wide. Centred around Siesta’s unique Somnolyzer 24x7 technology, scoring a sleep study becomes as fast, reliable and cost-efficient as never before.
Challenges help create the condition for the dramatic evolution of business and clinical best practices. An advancing economic crisis, CMS phasing out payment for healthcare acquired infections, mandatory reporting, MRSA, and the nursing shortages are formidable challenges which together create conditions for the holy grail of patient safety to be found at last. By Sprixx