Parkland Safety Report Says Life-Threatening Problems Persist
The Dallas Morning News—February 15th, 2012
Life-threatening problems persist at Parkland Memorial Hospital and are more widespread than previously known, enabled by a “business as usual” culture that has kept it from fixing serious breakdowns, according to a report obtained by The Dallas Morning News.
The report by the Alvarez & Marsal Healthcare Industry Group details hundreds of problems in “nearly every aspect of the system.” The monitors were installed last November as a condition of continued federal funding.
Among the findings: Patient rooms were found to contain overflowing trash bins, excrement and blood. Hundreds of medications were improperly administered to patients. Dozens of beds remained empty despite crushes of patients seeking emergency care. Senior leaders kept critical information from the hospital’s board of managers. One patient died, apparently after receiving a drug without doctors’ orders.
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