Life after go-live. Part 1: 'So good it's bad' information management.

Life after go-live, Part 3: Struggling with structure.

Life after go-live. Part 4: Preventing error with an EMR.

Medication reconciliation: is there a better way?

Why do so many hospitals find the task of medication reconciliation so difficult? In part, it's because so many people are involved in tracking the medications a patient takes before, during and after a hospital stay. "There are so many folks in this marriage that it's difficult to manage," says Chris Snyder, D.O., chief medical information officer at Peninsula Regional Medical Center, Salisbur...

Communication of Bad News to Patients: Is Honesty the Best Policy?

I have always strived to be honest with my oncology patients. That doesn't mean that all patients received every piece of information at my disposal, and it doesn't mean that I didn't try to frame my conversations with them in the most helpful way I could imagine. We all know that delivering bad news is part and parcel of oncology care. While many of our patients ultimately survive their diseas...

'It's gonna break': life in UK's biggest detention centre

Secret filming reveals conditions inside Harmondsworth immigration detention centre for the first time, where hundreds of people face deportation. The footage was shot by a detainee and obtained by Corporate Watch as part of a five month investigation into Mitie, the outsourcing firm that took over Harmondsworth in September 2014 under a multi-million pound Home Office contract. The videos, som...