ECRI Institute, in its report Top Ten Safety Concerns for 2016, again identified a lack of appropriate monitoring of patients receiving opioids as a major issue. A lack of resources, especially money, is often cited […]
In reflecting on Patient Safety Awareness Week, it is important to note the heroes who focus on the safety of their patients 365 days a year: doctors, nurses, biomedical engineers, clinical engineers, biomedical equipment technicians, […]
Continuous monitoring of patients receiving opioid therapy to prevent opioid-related respiratory depression certainly offers the hope of reducing devastating outcomes from our well-intended efforts to assure patient comfort. However, in this climate of rapid, high-tech, […]
