Recent Death of 17-Year Old From Unmonitored Tonsillectomy Should Never Have...
In Willow Grove, PA, 17-year old Mariah Edwards went into a surgical center to remove her tonsils and died. ABC News recently reported that the outpatient tonsillectomy was a success. Following the...
View ArticleWhat Does New CMS Guidance on Monitoring Post-Operative Patients Receiving...
by Michael Wong, JD (Executive Director, Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety) [This article first appeared in Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare. To read the full article, please...
View ArticleWhat are the costs of implementing patient safety?
St. Joseph’s/Candler Health System (SJCHS) found out that the “costs” over a 5-year period of implementing a patient safety initiative was the prevention of at least 471 adverse events, a return on...
View ArticlePost-Surgical Patients Require Better Monitoring
by Michael Wong PPAHS encourages the adoption of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) recently released recommendations to improve the safety of patients by continuously monitoring patients...
View Article7 Must Reads for Beating the Opioid Epidemic
This week even the White House took notice of the opioid epidemic, declaring opioid abuse a national public health emergency. However, the opioid epidemic was recognized as early as the 1990s, when...
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