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The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) has highlighted sepsis (an infection of the blood) and identified several deficiencies which may lead to poor outcomes with patients with severe sepsis. The deficiencies include inconsistency in the early diagnosis of severe sepsis and septic shock, inadequate volume resuscitation, delayed use of antibiotics, and failure to control hyperglycemia…

Check out this article in the Washington Post by RoB Stein: LINK Breast Cancer Drug Study CanceledBy Rob SteinWashington Post Staff WriterWednesday, June 20, 2007 The federal government yesterday canceled a $100 million study designed to test a new generation of drugs to prevent breast cancer in women at risk for the disease.The National Cancer…

The Tennessee Health Department fined and suspended new admissions to a nursing home in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The 140-bed nursing home was ordered not to admit any new patients after the state conducted a complaint investigation June 3- 13. The state also imposed a $3,000 fine on Tennessee Veterans Home for having been cited with immediate…

According to an article on MSNBC, even though it is a standing joke for medical residents, hospitals can be a terrible place for a sick person. A large number of people (100,000+ according to the Center for Disease Control) end up with potentially deadly infections while they are in the hospital. Incisions which become infected…

Wow… Medical Facilities of America, Piney Forest Nursing Home was sued in the City of DANVILLE, for the wrongful death of Charlie Musgrove. Check out the Danville Register Bee, that reports: “The family of the 80-year-old claimed his death was caused by dehydration and an infection caused by bedsores.” The family and their attorney Jeff…

Can Motion Sensors Predict Dementia?By LAURAN NEERGAARDThe Associated PressMonday, June 18, 2007; 11:13 PM WASHINGTON — Tiny motion sensors are attached to the walls, doorways and even the refrigerator of Elaine Bloomquist’s home, tracking the seemingly healthy 86-year-old’s daily activity.It’s like spying in the name of science with her permission to see if round-the-clock tracking…

Today I read that a hedge fund is calling to sell their interest in Sunrise Assisted Living / Nursing Homes – a Virginia Corporation valued at $2 billion. The fund is clearly in the interest of making money for its members – and fears that continued litigation against the health care provider will decrease the…

In New York, authorities are urging 4,500 people who were treated by the same anesthesiologist to be tested for Hepatitis C . Three people who have tested positive for Hepatitis C were treated by the same anesthesiologist during outpatient procedures. The New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is trying to notify everyone who…

An article on MSNBC implies that they are. The article describes events in the life of Christa Heck, a 43 year old mother and full time pharmaceutical representative. Heck went to see a chiropractor in 2003 for headaches. The chiropractor adjusted her back and neck. Later that day her head was still hurting and when…

A nursing home corporation has been indicted in the 2004 death of a woman who lived in their Portland, Maine facility. Tennessee-based Life Care Centers of America is charged with manslaughter, abuse and neglect of a long-term care resident. Read the report here. My home state of Virginia also has laws on the books which…

Check out this article: Reuters HealthThursday, June 7, 2007NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -The care of people with diabetes in nursing homes may be falling short in a number of important areas, a new study suggests.The study, of 11 nursing homes in Ohio and West Virginia, found that diabetic residents’ care generally failed to meet several…