Following the Sentinel Event policy
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals (JCAHO) has many procedures that hospitals should follow. One of those is what is known as [...]
Understanding the Damar Hamlin injury
On Monday, Jan. 2, millions of viewers tuned in to Monday Night Football. They expected to see a battle between two of the [...]
An update on suicides
Recently someone handed me a copy of an article I wrote in October 1996 on suicide. She suggested that it was time to [...]
Individuals want to do a good job
We deal with employees from various businesses on a regular basis. One of the things that we sometimes forget is that these individuals [...]
New Year’s resolutions
New Year’s Day is a time for resolutions. Many people make them. Most people don’t keep them. Part of that is related to [...]
The positive effects of celebrating Christmas
As we celebrate Christmas, we tend to focus on the various good things that happen at this time of year. Those things all [...]
Drinks that add calories
There are many different kinds of diets. They tend to address the different kinds of foods we eat. However, most of them focus [...]
Believe none of what you hear
Edgar Allan Poe is known for writing tales of the macabre. One of those tales was titled “The System of Dr. Tarr and [...]
The dangers of Fentanyl
Russian roulette is a game played with revolvers. A bullet is put into one of the six chambers. The chambers are then spun. [...]
Thanksgiving’s medical history
We celebrate Thanksgiving every year. However, we sometimes forget that the first Thanksgiving had a deep rooted medical history. The Pilgrims established the [...]