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Anchor lead: Can a new rating system help people choose a surgeon? Elizabeth Tracey reports Pro Publica, an investigative journalism group, has produced a quality rating system for surgeons based on outcomes, complications and other measures, with an eye toward …
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This week’s topics include seat belts and motor vehicle fatalities, lupus in pregnancy, antibiotics for acute appendicitis, and the impact of knee arthroscopy. Program notes: 0:35 Antibiotics for appendicitis 1:32 Uncomplicated acute appendicitis 2:32 Waiting had no negative consequence 3:24 …
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Anchor lead: Can surgical checklists reduce harm? Elizabeth Tracey reports The World Health Organization introduced a safe surgery checklist in 2008, and now new research concludes that if used properly, the checklist could reduce preventable harms relative to surgery more …
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Anchor lead: Can safety and quality data in healthcare reveal flaws in the system? Elizabeth Tracey reports How easily can outcome measures for healthcare be overcome so results look better than they are? Fairly easily, as one surgeon revealed recently …
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Anchor lead: Why do hospitals provide safety and quality measures publicly? Elizabeth Tracey reports Should hospitals provide quality and safety data to patients and families easily and transparently? Johns Hopkins Medicine says yes, with a website devoted to this purpose. …
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Anchor lead: Should physicians ask patients about gun ownership? Elizabeth Tracey reports Gun ownership is known to be a risky business, associated with much higher rates of suicide, homicide and accidental death than among those who don't own guns. In …
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Anchor lead: When hospitals turn violent it’s often against nurses, Elizabeth Tracey reports Violence in the workplace is a growing problem, and though rare, when it takes place in the hospital nurses often bear the brunt, federal data reveal. Patricia …
