Medicare issues report on Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin's substantial deficient practices
Violations deal with physician and nursing care
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Patient safety
Who's responsible for the negligence of temporary or travel nurses?
Nurse managers and hospitals still have oversight responsibilities
National Patient Safety Goals for 2022 call for renewed focus on getting the basic right
Wrong site surgeries, wrong patient care continue to be problems
Going to a hospital doesn't automatically mean you'll get care from a fully-trained physician
Training and experience makes a difference
In high risk pregnancies, labor and delivery team shouldn't wait for a problem before delivering the baby
OB, nurses waited too long to deliver high-risk mom, baby born with brain injury
Surgical patients may require anticoagulation medications because of DVT risk
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) can cause pulmonary embolism, death
Severe bedsores are never events that can be avoided with proper care
Prevention is the key in hospital and nursing home acquired pressure injuries
Hospital and nursing home falls can cause broken bones, head injuries, and even death
Series of falls in Houston nursing facility end with man's death
Lawsuit alleges patient discharged from HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood emergency room with spinal cord injury
Nurse documented that ER doctor was aware of continued patient weakness before sending patient home
Dallas wrongful death lawsuit alleges misdiagnosis of necrotizing pancreatitis
Contrast CT or MRI scans weren't ordered, but were needed