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Hospital removes chief exec after dirty tools risked 2,500 veterans
The Miami Veterans Administration (VA) hospital is holding its chief accountable for improperly washed colonoscopy equipment that may have exposed 2,500 veterans to diseases, reports the Miami
RFID tags used to prevent post-op mistakes by hospitals
The University of North Carolina Hospitals recently implemented a radio frequency identification (RFID) tagging system to prevent surgical instruments from being left in patient bodies after surgery.
CONNECT to undergo facelift with help of federal grant
The government has decided to continue developing its CONNECT software, which links users to the National Health Information Network (NHIN) and can be downloaded for free by private health
DoD rolls out global EMR for 9.6M patients
In a process that has taken more than 23 years, the Department of Defense finally completed a worldwide rollout of a clinical documentation system working with San Diego-based CliniComp International
Veterans Administration malpractice data reveals millions in payouts
Failure to obtain informed consent and delays in diagnosis and treatment are among the causes of more than a dozen million-dollar malpractice payouts by the Department of Veterans Affairs, according
VA study: Communication is main cause of surgical errors
Surgical never-events have attreacted lots of national attention recently, particularly the case of a Rhode Island hospital which saw five wrong-side or wrong-part surgeries over the past two years
VA's EMR management problem part of larger health IT failure
It's bad enough that the VA has spent millions on its HealtheVet EHR project and hasn't finished it out properly. According to the agency's Inspector General, that failure is just one part of a
SPOTLIGHT: VA tells vets they have ALS, then recants
Talk about emotional whiplash. First, the Veterans Administration tells at least 1,200 veterans that they have a fatal, degenerative neurological condition known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Then, they
Is VistA a viable replacement for paper records?
How is it possible that only 1.5 percent of hospitals in the United States have gone paperless? Furthermore, how is it possible that West Virginia--which is not exactly a financial or technological
Veteran contracts HIV from unsterilized endoscopic equipment
The Department of Veterans Affairs has confirmed at a patient has tested positive for HIV, contracted from unsterilized endoscopic equipment. In addition, at least five other veterans have tested
