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Originally Posted by SABRMnLgs
Now hippa is involved and hospitals get squirrley over things nobody cares about anyway.  |
You hit the nail on the head Jerry. HIPAA is to blame for almost everything you mentioned. I'm working at two hospitals in Boston right now and the only thing on the door is any precautionary notices (Infections, precautions to use etc.) for the protection of the staff and visitors. Every pt must have an ID band and in fact I think TVRH (like most new hospitals) now uses or will soon use barcode scanners to ID every pt prior to medication or transport etc. I wouldn't worry about the diabetic issue, all staff including food service know exactly what diet has been ordered for the pt. Can mistakes be made? Of course. Could mistakes happen in the old system? They did.
The main thing is that you found your friend's room and made her day a little brighter.
Russ