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Insulin: More than a simple injection

Mar 08, 2014 by ArtiModi

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Have you litigated cases involving insulin overdoses? Insulin is commonly used to control the blood sugars of juvenile or Type 1 diabetics. It is a mistake to take this seemingly harmless drug for granted. Insulin is one of the most [...]

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Do You See What I See?

Jun 14, 2013 by ArtiModi

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From behind, the group of people walking in front of me through Newark Airport last week looked like a family. There was an older woman, a young couple, and a baby being pushed in the stroller. I filled in: grandmother, [...]

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New study identifies lack of improvement in health care

Nov 29, 2010 by ArtiModi

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Temporal Trends in Rates of Patient Harm Resulting from Medical Care”, New England Journal of Medicine, 11/25/2010. Read at http://tinyurl.com/297884t This new study reviewed 2,341 patients’ records from stays at 10 North Carolina hospitals from 2002 to 2007. The reviewers [...]

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Why don’t healthcare providers follow the rules? Part 1

Jul 14, 2010 by ArtiModi

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When I was updating a chapter on the roots of patient injury for the fourth edition of Nursing Malpractice. I’ve been thinking about the reasons people don’t follow policies and procedures. Back in the 1980s when I ran a nursing [...]

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The real outcome of patient safety

Apr 19, 2010 by ArtiModi

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Reducing the number of preventable patient injuries in California hospitals was associated with a corresponding drop in malpractice claims against physicians, according to a study issued by the RAND Corporation. Researchers studied both medical malpractice claims and adverse events such [...]

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Insulin: More than a simple injection

Do You See What I See?

New study identifies lack of improvement in health care

Why don’t healthcare providers follow the rules? Part 1

The real outcome of patient safety

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