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All newborns should be examined in the first few days following discharge to further assess the baby’s condition. Relying on office staff to handle a mother’s medical concerns risks leaving her and her baby’s needs unmet.
Ensure that you document any instances of a patient’s refusal to follow recommendations. Also, find some best practices on how to further educate a patient to follow up with important tests.
A 71 -year-old woman suffered a stroke after stopping her anticoagulant medication.
A maternal early warning system (MEWS) to facilitate timely recognition, evaluation, and treatment for obstetrical patients developing critical conditions can make the difference between life and death.
A 65-year-old woman suffered a stroke and died after her anticoagulation medication was not restarted following a cardiac catheterization procedure.
Are You Safe? case study: When the plan of care changes, consent should be revisited.
A narrow focus and an incomplete colonoscopy missed signs of cancer.
In this case, the patient’s fall and injury was determined to be preventable.
Lack of a closed-loop system for tracking orders and results exposes critical diagnostic information to being lost.
Did family medicine physicians, a nurse, a radiologist, and a cardiologist fail to diagnose pulmonary embolism?