FRIDAY, April 9, 2010 TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD MEETING
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Archive for May, 2010
Notes from the Ad Hoc Committee on Advertising for the Texas Medical Board
Ad Hoc Committee Meeting on Advertising Rules convened at 1:01 PM
Dr. Crocker opened the meeting. Discussin of Rule 164.4
The rule lends itself to some confusion. The intent of the rule was to address advertising and not meant to have an impact on hospital credentialling or certification. They received lots of form letters both for and [...]
Ratio law in California is shown to prevent deaths
The ratio law in California that limits the number of patients per nurse was the subject of a research study and the findings support that the ratio is preventing deaths and improving nurse’s beliefs about their job performance. Victoria Colliver’s April 20, 2010 article “Pioneering Law on Nurses Found to Save Lives” describes the findings [...]