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    Archive for 'Patient Safety'

    Take two needles and call me in the morning

    [St. Paul Pioneer Press, April 14, 2010] Five patients — with three new knees and two new hips among them — were rolled into a dimmed, windowless room at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis for group acupuncture. None had received the treatment before, but Cynthia Miller, a clinical acupuncturist, quickly had thin needles protruding from [...]

    No fatal falls in Minnesota hospitals in 2009

    [Pioneer Press, Jan. 14, 2010] No patients in Minnesota hospitals died from falls last year — a first for the state since it started publicly reporting preventable hospital errors six years ago. Health officials said the decrease — down from 10 fall-related deaths in the previous reporting period — was a remarkable achievement that required the [...]