Healthcare It News

JULY 15, 2024

It encompasses Erie County Medical Center, one of only five public hospitals in New York State and the region's only Level 1 Adult Trauma Center. It also is the largest safety net hospital, serving a large proportion of at-risk and vulnerable patients. Erie County Medical Center Corporation serves Western New York.

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Bill Of Health

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The points above hold for women broadly, but the case of health care workers, the suppliers of care ( 70% of whom are women ) and of nurses and midwives in particular ( 85% of whom are women ), merits particular attention. Auxiliary nurse (R1I29), 34, single mother of three. . Auxiliary nurse (R1I29), 34, single mother of three.

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KHN

JULY 9, 2021

The court’s decision could mean that hospitals and other employers will need to revise their policies barring workers from talking to the news media and posting on social media. It also affirmed the board’s finding that the hospital’s media policy barring contact between employees and the media was illegal.

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Patient Safety Movement

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

DOCTOR DELIVERS LETHAL EPIDURAL AT BROOKLYN HOSPITAL An article last week in The New York Times told the story of an anesthesiologist at a Brooklyn public hospital, with a history of making life-threatening errors in administering epidurals, who made a fatal mistake in July 2020. Adverse drug events accounted for 39.0%

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NASHP

APRIL 15, 2022

Individuals at risk for institutionalization who are eligible for long-term care services who, in the absence of services and supports, would otherwise require care for 90 consecutive days or more in an inpatient nursing facility. Nursing Home Residents Transitioning to the Community. Public hospital systems.

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Patient Safety Movement

DECEMBER 1, 2022

And it’s largely preventable—if not the disease itself (in the case of Type 2 diabetes) then at least the most severe outcomes. The patient is the most important member of their own healthcare team, as diabetes treatment involves a lot of self-care and preventative lifestyle choices.

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KHN

JULY 9, 2021

The court’s decision could mean that hospitals and other employers will need to revise their policies barring workers from talking to the news media and posting on social media. It also affirmed the board’s finding that the hospital’s media policy barring contact between employees and the media was illegal.

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Hospitals Patient Safety Doctors Nursing 52