Patient Safety Movement

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

DOCTOR DELIVERS LETHAL EPIDURAL AT BROOKLYN HOSPITAL An article last week in The New York Times told the story of an anesthesiologist at a Brooklyn public hospital, with a history of making life-threatening errors in administering epidurals, who made a fatal mistake in July 2020. Adverse drug events accounted for 39.0%

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Patient Safety Movement

DECEMBER 1, 2022

CHAIRMAN’S COLUMN Two key elements as we address the senseless loss of life and continued harm in maternal and neonatal health are hierarchy of decision making and transparency of outcomes in an increasingly fearful environment for expectant mothers and partners, midwives, nurses, and relevant doctors.

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Bill Of Health

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The points above hold for women broadly, but the case of health care workers, the suppliers of care ( 70% of whom are women ) and of nurses and midwives in particular ( 85% of whom are women ), merits particular attention. Auxiliary nurse (R1I29), 34, single mother of three. . In other words, gender roles contribute to stress.

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NASHP

AUGUST 26, 2021

The New Mexico Department of Health is leading five regional contact-tracing teams statewide. Both , local health departments conduct tracing with central support from the New York State Department of Health. In New York City, the city’s public hospital system will lead tracing work.

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