When you walk into a hospital for care, you are not just relying on individual doctors or nurses. You also rely on the systems they use every day. Those systems shape how information moves. They also affect how quickly staff address concerns and how teams make...
When most people have to check into a hospital or have an outpatient procedure done, they don’t give much thought to who actually owns it. That’s especially true if it’s a local hospital that they’re familiar with. Many hospitals are part of a vast regional or even...
When a loved one is hospitalized, it’s only natural for family members to feel anxious and helpless. That’s true whether it involves a planned surgery or a sudden illness or injury. When that loved one is a child, senior or someone whose thinking or communication...
Electronic health records (EHRs) have become the standard for medical record-keeping in hospitals, clinics and private practices in the U.S. in recent years. While these systems offer benefits such as improved efficiency and easy access to patient information, they...
People go to hospitals to receive treatment for traumatic injuries or illnesses. They need the expert support of healthcare professionals or types of treatment that are not available over the counter. There is an expectation that patients admitted to a hospital should...
Hospital errors can happen for a multitude of reasons. And although not every adverse outcome means that malpractice has happened, when it is clear that a medical professional has made a mistake that led to that adverse outcome, then the responsibility for a patient’s...
Ohio hospitals are often busy, chaotic places, especially in emergency rooms. If you suffer an injury or schedule a surgical procedure, you may wind up spending a lot more time in the hospital than you'd ever prefer to do. When you need hospital care, you typically...
You knew before you went into surgery that one of the risks was infection. You expected the medical staff surrounding you to watch for the signs. If you did contract an infection, you expected them to identify and treat it quickly. If that didn't happen, you may...
The Columbus Dispatch reported yesterday that four dozen pharmacists and nurses were involved in the care and treatment of 35 patients in the Mount Carmel West ICU and have been reported to their respective state licensing boards. Of those 48 employees, 30 have been...
Sepsis is a potentially life threatening condition that ordinarily arises out of an infection. Your infection doesn't have to be serious for this condition to occur. In fact, you may not even realize you have an infection before it turns into sepsis. However, if you...
