Jolly Consulting assisted with creating spreadsheets identifying relevant categories giving our client a “cheat sheet” to use when evaluating thousands of claims. Categories relevant to this particular matter included calculation of each claimant’s medical specials, brief description of critical medical facts, and lab value interpretation.
May 17th, 2012
Infection from Clostridium difficile is a patient safety concern in all types of medical facilities, not only hospitals as traditionally thought, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report found that while many healthcare-associated infections, such as bloodstream infections, declined during the past decade, C. difficile infection rates and …
May 10th, 2012
Some kids may have memory and attention problems up to a year after a concussion. “Our study pretty convincingly shows that the vast majority of kids do very well after a mild traumatic brain injury,” or concussion, said Keith O. Yeates of Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. “The not-so-good news is that there is …
May 3rd, 2012
A case vignette in the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics
April 26th, 2012
Surgical site infection rates within the nation’s hospitals are largely a secret, with public reporting required by only eight states, says a new Johns Hopkins University report, which calls for federal disclosure mandates so problem hospitals are better motivated to reduce preventable harm. “There’s a huge transparency problem within the entire industry of modern medicine,” …
April 19th, 2012
New research published in the Archives of Internal Medicine shows that people who spend a lot of time sitting may be up to 40% more likely to die from any cause, compared to people who don’t sit as long. Compared to people who spent less than four hours per day sitting, the odds of dying …
April 12th, 2012
A 2-part paper in the Journal of Patient Safety, written by a group of aviators is a call to action to adopt readily available and transferable safety innovations. These safety innovations, paid for by taxpayers, made the airline industry one of the safest in the world. These innovations could save patient’s lives and save facilities …
April 5th, 2012
A hospital stay carries a 5.5% risk of an adverse drug reaction, 17.6% risk of infection, and 3.1% risk of ulcer for an average episode, and each additional night in hospital increases the risk by 0.5% for adverse drug reactions, 1.6% for infections, and 0.5% for ulcers. Source: Medical Care
March 31st, 2012
The journal, Spine published an article calling for more research for early management of whiplash injuries citing no improvement in recovery rates.
March 25th, 2012
A study in Neurosurgery supported the recent guideline change calling for monitoring of brain oxygenation for those people with severe head injuries. Brain hypoxia was shown to adversely affect TBI independent of other factors. How does brain hypoxia affect mild TBI?
March 15th, 2012
Most emergent intubations in the emergency department occur before all the facts can be determined. An article recently published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine discusses preoxygenation and peri-intubation oxygenation techniques to minimize risk of critical hypoxia.
