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- Title
Physician Drives Safety Learning at Wellmont Health System.
- Abstract
The article reports how a physician has driven safety learning at Wellmont Health System in Tennessee. Dale Sargent, MD, vice president of medical affairs at Wellmont confronted a low compliance with pneumovax administration in patients admitted with pneumonia at the Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center in 2001. Investigation revealed that the vaccine was a low priority to nursing staff on day of discharge and that the clinical pathway wording was vague. Also, there was a perception among physicians that vaccinating a patient who is still acutely ill with the current episode might carry significant risk.
- Subjects
TENNESSEE; PHYSICIANS; WELLMONT Health System (Company); SARGENT, Dale; WORKFLOW; MEDICAL personnel
- Publication
Physician Executive, 2006, Vol 32, Issue 2, p30
- ISSN
0898-2759
- Publication type
Article