July 26th, 2010 by GruntDoc in Better Health Network, Health Policy, News, Opinion
Tags: Andy Hull, Connecticut, Danbury Hospital, Employee Health, Employee Protection, Hospital Administration, Hospital Errors, Hospital Fines, Hospital Policy, Hospital Safety, Hospital Staff, Hospital Violations, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA, Stanley Lupienski, Workplace Safety, Workplace Violence
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From Campus Safety Magazine:
DANBURY, Conn. — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Danbury Hospital for failing to provide its employees with sufficient protection against workplace violence. The hospital has been fined $6,300.
The announcement comes on the heels of the March 2010 attack, when nurse Andy Hull was shot three times by 86-year-old Stanley Lupienski, a patient at the hospital.
Yes, $6,300 isn’t much money, I agree. But I’d imagine it’s not good for admin careers…
*This blog post was originally published at GruntDoc*
July 26th, 2010 by Happy Hospitalist in Better Health Network, Health Policy, News, Opinion, Quackery Exposed
Tags: Caring For Patients Independently, Clinical Experience, Creighton University, DNP, Doctor Nurse Practitioner, Dumbing Down, Educational Standards, Family Practice, General Medicine, Healthcare Education, Internal Medicine, Medical Entrance Exam, Medical School, Medical Thesis, Medical Training, Nebraska, No Physician Oversight, Nursing Academics, Nursing Education Requirements, Nursing Profession, Omaha, Post-Graduate, Primary Care, The Future of American Healthcare
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I’m embarrassed to say this, but the nursing profession is making a mockery of healthcare education by downgrading the post-graduate degree process. The nursing education requirements in the advertisement seen here are an embarrassment to the nursing profession.
Mrs. Happy pointed out an advertisement from her nursing magazine offering advanced nursing education opportunities. This advertisement for the doctor nurse practitioner (DNP) training track at Creighton University is a mockery of the rigorous educational requirements necessary to care for patients independently. Check out the nursing education requirements on their advertisement: No entrance exam required? No clinical experience? No thesis required? What has this world come to?
These are professionals who are going to be taking care of patients in less than two years. Some states allow NPs to manage patients independently with no physician oversight. That is just plain scary. This is an embarrassment to the foundation of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, neuroanatomy, microbiology, pharmacology, genetics — and on and on — required to care for patients independently. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at The Happy Hospitalist*
July 26th, 2010 by StevenWilkinsMPH in Better Health Network, Health Policy, News, Opinion
Tags: Doctor-Patient Connection, Family Medicine, General Medicine, Handing Off A Patient, Healthcare reform, Internal Medicine, NP, Nurse Practitioner, PA, Patient-Centered Medical Home, Patient-Doctor Relationship, Personal Physician, Personalized Medicine, Physician Assistant, Primary Care, Quality of Care, Team Care, The New York Times
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“Team care” has become a rallying cry for those who think the patient-centered medical home is bad for healthcare reform. Comments on a recent blog post in the New York Times provide a good example of this. When patients get sick, as the argument goes, they want to see their doctor — not some nurse or PA who they don’t know. I agree.
There are a whole bunch of things wrong with all the current focus on team care in the patient-centered medical home. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Mind The Gap*
July 26th, 2010 by BobDoherty in Better Health Network, Health Policy, News, Opinion
Tags: AARP, ACP, AMA, American College Of Physicians, American Medical Association, Bob Wachter, CMS, Conservatives, Democrats, Disqualify, Dr. Don Berwick, Elena Kagan, General Medicine, Having An Opinion, Health Beat, Healthcare Legislation, Healthcare Policy, Healthcare reform, Hyperpartisan, Institute For Healthcare Improvement, Maggie Mahar, Patient Safety, Patient-Centered Care, Pediatrician, Public Office, Public Service, Qualifications, Quality Improvement, U.S. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, University of California-San Francisco
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Many conservatives are up-in-arms about President Obama’s decision to appoint Don Berwick, a pediatrician and renowned expert in quality improvement and patient safety, to lead the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). They object to Dr. Berwick’s views on a range of issues, and to Obama’s decision to use his office’s authority to appoint Dr. Berwick while the Senate was out on a short Independence Day holiday recess. As a “recess appointment,” Dr. Berwick was able to take office without Senate hearings and confirmation, but he can only serve through the end of the 111th Congress — that is, until the end of 2011 — unless ratified by the Senate.
Berwick, though, also has many supporters. Maggie Mahar articulates the “pro” viewpoint on Dr. Berwick’s appointment in a recent Health Beat post. She observes that two former CMS administrators who served in Republican administrations have commented positively about Dr. Berwick’s qualifications. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at The ACP Advocate Blog by Bob Doherty*
July 25th, 2010 by RamonaBatesMD in Better Health Network, Humor, True Stories
Tags: Abdominal Skin, Abdominoplasty, Angle of the Mouth, Cosmetic Surgery, Dunlop, Facial Muscle, Male Anatomy, Medical Humor, Medical Terminology, Medical Vocabulary, Plastic Surgery, Pockets Of Fat, Risorius, Scrotum, Smile, Spare Tire, Speedo Sag, Tummy Tuck
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This past week I learned several new words and phrases. Allow me to share a few with you.
“Speedo sag” –- I learned of this phrase from a tweet from @BAAPSMedia:
Have just seen a cosmetic surgery press release about so-called “Speedo Sag”….Eww.
My first thought was the same as my OR crew, whom I polled. We all thought it had to have something to do with the parts of the male anatomy which should be covered by the Speedo, such as perhaps the scrotum. It doesn’t. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Suture for a Living*
