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FINAL RULE ISSUED FOR PATIENT SAFETY ORGANIZATIONS

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued a final rule for Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs). The rule becomes effective on Jan. 19, 2009. It provides final requirements and procedures for PSOs, new entities, with which clinicians and health care providers can work to collect, aggregate and analyze data — within a legally […]

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AACE Calls For New Standards for Safer Insulin Pump Use

JACKSONVILLE, FL – “The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists applauds the FDA’s efforts to protect the safety of children and adolescents who are using insulin pumps,” said Dr. Richard Hellman, the Association’s President. In the May edition of Pediatrics, Dr. Judith Cope, a physician at the FDA, provided new data that shows there is a […]

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What's New

Patient Safety, Insulin Pumps, and Cognitive Dysfunction

Propylthiouracil (PTU) Hepatotoxicity and Graves’ Disease Therapy

Safety in the ICU – Is Bedside Glucose Testing Safe For Our Patients?

Preliminary Report of the NICE-SUGAR study: Hypoglycemia and what it may mean for patient safety

Editorial on FDA alert on confusion between propylthiouracil (PTU) and purinethol (mercaptopurine)

Patient Safety in Diabetes Care and Intensive Glycemic Therapy

Featured Case Study:

A summer misadventure; patient safety issues during vacations because of the overconfidence of the patient

A 49 y/o drenched male with DM1 of 22 years duration was brought to the emergency department by his wife, who was also drenched. She saw him fall out of his 14 foot boat, into the water when he stood up to land a fish he caught. Johnny’s glucose level was 122 mg% when he […]

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Featured Case Study:

Targeting LDL-C treatment: The good, the bad, and the rated X

Introduction by Richard Hellman, MD, FACP, FACE In this excellent case study, the authors show the importance of looking deeper than just the lipid numbers initially returned from the laboratory.  This case highlights the pitfalls for the unwary physician who fails to use all the available clinical information when making a decision as to what […]

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Too Much of a Good Thing: Thyroid Cancer Suppressive Therapy and Atrial Fibrillation

The Case A 63-year-old man with a distant history of thyroid cancer presented to the emergency department with complaints of chest pain, palpitations and shortness of breath. He had been losing weight over the last year, which he attributed to chemotherapy for prostate cancer, diet and exercise. He was admitted to the coronary care unit […]

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