A5054232263- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Legal Education and Practice Innovations
- Ethics in medical practice
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
- Healthcare Systems and Public Health
- Legal Systems and Judicial Processes
- Patient Dignity and Privacy
- Disaster Response and Management
- Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
- Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems
- Quality and Safety in Healthcare
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Labor Movements and Unions
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Healthcare Quality and Management
- Health and Wellbeing Research
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
Children's National
2009-2023
John Wiley & Sons (United States)
2023
Wacker (United States)
2023
American Hospital Association
2023
Centeno-Schultz Clinic
2021
Parkland Health & Hospital System
2019-2020
Johns Hopkins University
2019
Regional Health
2019
Palomar Health
2019
National Patient Safety Foundation
2019
Abstract The techniques and best practices used to achieve a successful safety culture transformation drive down the incidence of serious events are described. Safety Transformation Initiative at Children's National resulted in national local recognition, financial savings an imputed $35 million, greater than 70% decrease event rate over 3‐year period (July 1, 2008–June 30, 2011). results were achieved during time significant constraints with limited resources. A blueprint detailing...
The "July Effect" suggests an increase in patient adverse events July compared with other months due to the introduction of new providers throughout training continuum. aim this initiative was analyze reported pediatric trainee medical errors from May through September 2015 at a tertiary care free-standing academic children's hospital determine if there were more and those July.An error surveillance system is used report track near misses, events, errors. Three authors reviewed each report,...
The 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic produced an abrupt and near shutdown of nonemergent patient care. Children's National Hospital (CNH) mounted a multidisciplinary, coordinated ambulatory response that included supply chain management, human resources, risk infection control, information technology. To ensure access, CNH expanded telemedicine instituted operational innovations for outpatient procedures. While monthly in-person subspecialty visits decreased from 25 889...
In 2014, Children's National Health System's executive leadership team challenged the organization to double number of voluntary safety event reports submitted over a 3-year period; intent was increase reliability and promote our culture by hardwiring employee reporting.Following Donabedian quality improvement framework structure, process, outcomes, multidisciplinary formed areas for were identified. The focused on 3 major areas: perceived ease reporting (ie, how difficult is it report an...
Headlines describing nurses being prosecuted for crimes related to nursing errors raise numerous questions and their managers. Nurse managers need be aware of situations in which may subject criminal prosecution assist staff educating themselves acting minimize risk. After reading this article, the reader should able (a) identify legal basis charges errors, (b) list 3 likely result prosecution, (c) discuss licensure implications errors.
In April 2011, the Federal Government published draft regulations regarding implementation of Section 3022 Affordable Care Act, which contains provisions relating to Medicare payments providers services and suppliers participating in accountable care organizations. It is important for nurse executive understand these proposed how they may impact provision nursing should organization works decide become or join an organization.
Despite the well-known dangers of working in healthcare industry, organizations have historically accepted workplace injuries as business usual. In 2017, Children's National Hospital began our Employee and Staff Safety program to drive down employee injury rate address this disturbing industry trend.
Rebecca Cady is a nurse attorney who an Associate at Grace, Brandon, Hollis & Ramirez, LLP, in San Diego, California. She can be reached [email protected]
Discharge against medical advice (DAMA) is an infrequent yet challenging clinical situation for pediatric hospitalists. Current literature suggests that patients requesting DAMA are at increased risk readmission, morbidity and mortality. With evidence invoking associated with poorer outcomes, it increasingly important to recognize threatened presents opportunity address patient or family concerns, foster dialogue re-align care in a shared …
Rebecca Cady is a nurse attorney who an Associate at Grace, Brandon, Hollis & Ramirez LLP, in San Diego, California. She can be reached via e-mail [email protected]
Patient use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) appears to be increasing, according research by the Federal Government. Several national studies have been performed in last 10 years regarding efficacy safety certain CAM therapies. It is important for nurse managers know about various forms CAM, evidence against some these therapies, legal risks posed patients' Nurses who are educated therapies can work more effectively identify document patient help ensure that does not interfere...
JONA's Healthcare Law, Ethics, and Regulation: April 2010 - Volume 12 Issue 2 p 30-35 doi: 10.1097/NHL.0b013e3181e15a79
Rebecca Cady is a nurse attorney who an Associate at Grace, Brandon, Hollis & Ramirez, LLP, in San Diego, California. She can be reached [email protected]
JONA's Healthcare Law, Ethics, and Regulation: April 2008 - Volume 10 Issue 2 p 34-39 doi: 10.1097/01.NHL.0000300779.27240.96