What Good Is Medical Technology When It Is Not Used Properly?
With all of the great strides we have seen in the field of medicine, one can only hope that patients in medical facilities are better off today than their peers were in the past. However, as will all types of patient care, technologies have little use when not in the hands of properly trained and skilled workers. A reminder of just how crucial staff training is to the patient care experience comes from the headlines in California when staff at Community Hospital of San Bernardino elected to disconnect an alarm on a ventilator needed by a patient with breathing difficulties....
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Maximum Fine Levied Against Nursing Home For Failing To Supervise Resident While Smoking
Nursing homes have a duty to protect their residents from harm inflicted by not just the staff and other residents at the facility--but also keeping residents from harming themselves. Rivera Healthcare Center, a California nursing home, failed to protect a resident from harming himself and consequently received a $100,000 fine-- the highest fine permissible under California law. The fine comes after a California Department of Health investigation related to the burn-related death of a 64-year-old resident. An investigation into the matter revealed that on December 23rd, a male resident left the facility in his wheelchair to smoke a cigarette. As...
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