Latest Medical ethics Stories
HAMPTON, Va., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Patient Advocate Foundation's (PAF) professional case managers were recently honored by Dorland Health, a division of Access Intelligence, with a Case In Point Platinum Award recognizing outstanding case management organizations making a difference in today's complex healthcare system by ensuring the system is patient- and family-centric, safe and effective. The fourth annual awards program held at the Gaylord National Resort in...
Patient Prompt® will demonstrate its innovative patient communication solution specifically designed to assist in A/R and Co-Pay Recovery at the upcoming HFMA 2013 Conference, in Orlando, Fl. The program will benefit enterprise and group practice healthcare organizations seeking a more effective and patient friendly way of reducing outstanding patient account receivables. Toronto, Ontario (PRWEB) June 13, 2013 Patient Prompt® will demonstrate how its advanced patient...
The Take-Charge Patient, by patient advocate and award-winning author, Martine Ehrenclou, has won 16 book awards. The most recent is gold winner of The Benjamin Franklin Awards sponsored by the IBPA. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) June 12, 2013 The Take-Charge Patient: How You Can Get the Best Medical Care by patient advocate and award-winning author, Martine Ehrenclou, M.A., is a gold winner in The Benjamin Franklin Awards for best reference book in 2013. It has also won finalist in the...
The two biggest barriers to hospitals ensuring patient safety are nurses' fear of retribution if they speak up and poor communication during handoffs. Find out what the experts know and learn three steps you can take to fix one of them. http://www.saferpatients.com Collierville, TN (PRWEB) June 09, 2013 What are the two biggest barriers to hospitals ensuring patient safety? Hospital C-suite executives and risk managers surveyed this year by American International Group Inc. (AIG)...
Non-Profit to Raise Awareness and Support for Needlestick Safety and Safer Engineering Controls Among Audience of Infection Prevention Personnel FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Safe in Common (SIC), a non-profit organization of healthcare safety advocates, announced that it will exhibit at the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology's (APIC) 40(th) Annual Educational Conference & International Meeting, hosted in Ft. Lauderdale,...
Tool Helps Hospital Staff Foster Meaningful Conversations with Patients (PRWEB) June 05, 2013 The Beryl Institute announces a partnership with Inspiration NW, founder of Patient Experience Care Cards, to expand usage and awareness of the tool in the healthcare industry. Care Cards impact the patient experience by helping staff foster more meaningful conversations with patients. In a feasibility study conducted by U.K.-based Inspiration NW using Care Cards with 500 patients in acute care,...
Powered by Carebook™; Delivering better care at lower cost Santa Clara, CA (PRWEB) June 06, 2013 CareInSync and Marin General Hospital announce the formation of the Nation’s first Mobile Care Transitions Network™ in Marin County, California, connecting physicians, nurses, caseworkers, and home care managers across seven health care organizations. Powered by Carebook™, the network brings together patient-centered teams across disparate organizations in real-time, enabling safe...
Author Linda Naomi Katz provides not only valuable information to those suffering with psychological disorders, but she also offers help, hope and inspiration and the tips that are essential to making recovery possible and life worthwhile again. DENVER and FLUSHING, N.Y., June 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Linda Naomi Katz announced today the release of Surviving Mental Illness, My Story, published by Outskirts Press. Katz' memoir candidly reveals the challenges and heartbreaks she...
MARLBOROUGH, Mass., June 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following public interest article is written by Cindy Reilly, RN, BSN, Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety at Marlborough Hospital: Mr. Spock may not have been a physician, but his rational approach to all things in the final frontier is--if you will pardon the pun--"just what the doctor ordered." In fact, when it comes to recent changes in health care reimbursements, the answers to most hospital readmission...
WASHINGTON, June 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following quote can be attributed to Linda Rosenberg, president and CEO of the National Council for Behavioral Health and an attendee at this morning's White House Mental Health Conference: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130603/DC24933LOGO) I applaud the White House for launching a national dialogue on mental health - one of the most significant issues of our day. Across the country, people are recognizing the...
