Each year, falling temperatures in the north are an indicator for many travelers to begin their migration to warmer climates down south. Isabel Valdez, physician assistant and assistant professor of ...

A step-by-step guide to navigating the medical withdrawal and readmission process, including required forms, documentation, deadlines, and campus resources. A Medical Withdrawal may occur prior to the ...

When it comes to back-to-school preparation parents are often given a school supply checklist, but health experts recommend parents make a back-to-school medical checklist too. Chelle Jeffrey is a ...

Before you pack up your family for a cross country trip or an international plane ride, it is important to be sure each member has the resources they need to address any of their medical needs. An ...

But says Pronovost, whose eponymous checklist is credited with preventing thousands of central-line infections at Hopkins, throughout the state of Michigan and elsewhere, they need to be accompanied ...

Recent events have put the simple medical checklist in the spotlight. For instance, the Department of Health and Human Services last summer highlighted work among Michigan hospital ICUs to sharply ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - School is officially in session for some students in the Chattahoochee Valley. And while parents have checked off items on their child’s school supply list and shopped for ...

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Hospitalization can be a harrowing experience. Patients arrive seriously ill or injured, and in addition to whatever ailments they’re suffering, they must simultaneously find ways to cope with ...

Safety has declined in the state’s hospitals, especially involving surgery (foreign objects left behind and perforations) [Jan. 7, Page 1, “Medical Errors Double In 2013”]. The Connecticut Hospital ...

The process worked, spectacularly, and hospitals in other states and abroad started using the checklist model, which was gradually applied to other hospital procedures. One application of the ...