Nursing - News September 4, 2013

The day's news in pictures: September 04, 2013 (IcNorthWales)
Around A 1 billion will be spent on improving NHS technology so doctors and nurses can share access to patients' electronic records David Cameron believes the people of Syria risk "Armageddon" if the international community fails to respond robustly to the regime of President Bashar Assad.

Complaints about East Lancashire Hospitals increase (Lancashire Telegraph)
New figures show patient complaints about the Royal Blackburn and Burnley General were up eight per cent on the previous year, with another 40 letters received by bosses.

Arbour psychiatric hospitals cited for staff failures in three deaths (Boston)
State and federal inspectors identified staff failures in three questionable deaths within 18 months at hospitals in the Arbour Health System.

Patients' medical notes left at train station (Worcester News)
AN investigation has been launched after confidential medical notes for seriously ill patients were left lying on a table in a train station waiting room.

Medical students learn practical skills with unique tools (SanLuisObispo)
Dr. Laura Jacques, in only her second year as an obstetrician on her own, had never seen this type of seizure before in a patient.

2 Twin Cities Men Found Dead in Boat on Lake of the Woods (KSTP)
Preliminary autopsy results indicate two Twin Cities area men found dead in a boat on Lake of the Woods died of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Nova Scotia's CEC model reducing ER closures, says accountability report (Amherst Daily News)
An accountability report is suggesting a 92 per cent drop in ER closures in the seven communities where collaborative emergency centres have been established.

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