MLMIC and MagnaCare Present “Hot Topics in Healthcare”
MLMIC and MagnaCare will present “Hot Topics in Healthcare” on September 24 at the Long Island Marriott from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The Joint Commission Issues New Alert on Direct Oral Anticoagulants
To avoid adverse events related to direct oral anticoagulants, The Joint Commission has released a Sentinel Event Alert with specific actions for physicians and other healthcare providers in all clinical settings.
New York’s Sepsis Management Protocol Reduces Death Rate
Researchers have found New York State’s mandated “protocolized sepsis care was associated with a greater decrease in sepsis mortality” compared with states without these regulations.
Report: Three Major Disease Categories Account for Three-Fourths of All Serious Harms from Diagnostic Errors
Researchers say that over “100,000 Americans die or are permanently disabled each year due to medical diagnoses that initially miss conditions or are wrong or delayed” and that “three major disease categories account for nearly three-fourths of all serious harms from diagnostic errors.”