Every day sick patients are treated in hospitals with broad spectrum antibiotics while their physicians wait days for culture results to identify infectious pathogen susceptibility to confirm or revise the treatment protocol. Unfortunately, many of these patients (especially those with sepsis) do not survive long enough to receive the precise life-saving drug and/or dosage needed. […]

Watch Russ Nassof discuss Reducing Risk and Liability for Vascular Clinicians Under the ACA and Other Regulations, as presented at various healthcare conferences around the USA.

Everyone who has ever stepped foot into a healthcare facility as either a patient or a visitor has undoubtedly witnessed the numerous patients attached to long lines of plastic tubing usually extending from the arm and connected to some type of plastic bag dispensing medication or some other vital necessity. In most cases, these devices […]

Prevention of adverse events in healthcare has rightfully become a cornerstone of progressive risk management and has been assuming greater importance every year. It is interesting that this focus on preventing adverse events in healthcare is relatively new and is now being increasingly linked with reimbursements and liability.

Studies have shown that many building water systems in the United States are contaminated with potentially harmful bacteria and, in fact, disease outbreaks which can be traced to contaminated water happen with incredible frequency worldwide affecting thousands of people.