Risk Management: Page 10

Small steps create significant impact in patient safety
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
VIENNA - The number one killer in the U.S. is variability in care, contributing to the 98,000 deaths due to medical errors that cost an estimated $50 billion annually, according to Dr. William Brody, president of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. At the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) this weekend, Brody advocated a bottom-to-top culture change with the adoption of new tools and methods perfected by other industries that can successfully be adapted by healthcare to improve patient safety.
March 10, 2007
IT vendors, healthcare facilities scramble to remedy early switch to DST
By Wayne Forrest
Most of the U.S. will turn their clocks one hour ahead for daylight-saving time on Sunday, March 11 -- three weeks earlier this year. This early switch has drawn the attention of healthcare facilities and their IT vendors, who are taking preventive steps to avoid any adverse events such as system downtime and patient safety issues.
March 7, 2007
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Converting to new 'MR Safe' is hardly a fly-by-night effort
By Robert Junk and Tobias Gilk
The recent changes to the industry-standard safety definitions for items used in the MRI suite may cause some confusion for MRI service providers, particulary when it comes to the new "MR Safe" category. MRI architectural consultants Tobias Gilk and Robert Junk recommend some steps providers can take when converting to the new standards to avoid any confusion, as well accidents in the MRI suite.
November 21, 2006
Contrast packaging: Implications for cost and employee safety
Healthcare facilities are facing increasing competition these days, requiring effective cost management while still ensuring quality care and workplace safety. Imaging and cath labs also have to meet stricter workplace safety regulations, especially with contrast media use and sharps-related injuries. One way to help address these issues is by using contrast media in polymer packaging, which offers a safer alternative to glass bottles and reduces costs through efficient contrast use, higher patient throughput, and reduced waste disposal costs.
October 15, 2006
Health Net signs MEDai contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology service provider Health Net of Woodland Hills, CA, has signed a multiyear contract for MEDai's Risk Navigator Clinical predictive modeling software.
August 1, 2006
Berlex issues Ultravist recall for U.S.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Contrast agent provider Berlex said it has initiated a U.S. recall of a single lot of its Ultravist intravenous x-ray and CT contrast agent due to the presence of particulate matter in conjunction with crystallization.
July 20, 2006
FDA issues gadolinium health advisory
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a health advisory regarding MRI contrast agents containing gadolinium after two dozen cases of a rare disease that developed in European patients following administration of a gadolinium-based agent.
June 14, 2006
Assessing patient risk will help prevent contrast-induced nephropathy
By Wayne Forrest
SAN FRANCISCO - With the increasing use of contrast media, contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is becoming a more critical issue for radiologists, cardiologists, and nephrologists. At this week's International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT, physicians debated the most appropriate steps to prevent CIN, which patients are most at-risk, and the efficacy of low- and iso-osmolar contrast media in reducing incidents of CIN.
June 14, 2006
Revamping residency hours could carry a significant price tag
By Shalmali Pal
In 2003 the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) limited residents to an 80-hour work week to address multiple issues, such as the reduction of medical errors. But what degree of decline in adverse events would be needed to make reform less of a financial burden on hospitals and society? Researchers from California sought the answer by performing a cost analysis using four possible reform strategies.
October 26, 2005
Hurricane Katrina poses MRI dilemma
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Architectural firm Jünk Architects of Kansas City, MO, and the American Healthcare Radiology Administrators of Sudbury, MA, are distributing a news flash to imaging sites in the southeastern U.S. with MRI magnets at risk of quenching due to Hurricane Katrina.
August 31, 2005
High-field MR extremity systems: Is it time to be scared?
High-field MR extremity systems are beginning to roll out in force. The attractive features of these systems make them ideal for physicians' office installations. But they come with all the hazards of their bigger siblings, and may not receive comparable levels of attention to safety, according to MRI architectural consultants Robert Junk and Tobias Gilk.
November 16, 2004
AFC adds to medical furniture line
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical furniture provider AFC Industries will introduce its MaxFlex furniture series at this week's annual meeting of the Society for Computer Applications in Radiology (SCAR) in Vancouver.
May 19, 2004
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