Heidi Dawn Klompas Missed Opportunities

In a series of true stories from across Canada, this collection seeks to point out the considerable human toll that medical errors cause. Victims of medical errors and their families who speak out often do so at considerable emotional, psychological, and financial expense. But their willingness to share their harrowing stories has helped to lay the foundation for numerous patient safety programs and continues to identify problems, provide solutions, and raise awareness. These emotional and moving stories underline serious issues with medical errors while empowering patients.

This is the story of Heidi Dawn Klompas, who died at age 17. Her mother wrote the book to create dialogues about the issues raised within its pages. The following information is from the backcover of the book: a drunk d river smashed his way through a large crowd of teenagers in British Columbia. This story will take you into the emergency and intensive care wards of two hospitals. Discover the contrary positions held by the College of Physicians and its doctors, as opposed to the Coroner's investigation, the Children's Commission investigation and the many medical research papers that support the latter two government bodies. This book speaks the absolutetruth just as Heidi would have wanted it. Only through dialogue may we begin to make changes. to make changes. to make changes. to make changes. to make changes. to make changes. to make changes. to make changes. to make changes. to make changes. to make changes. to make changes. to make changes. to make changes. to make changes.

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK The Babylonians invented it, the Greeks banned it, the Hindus worshipped it, and the Christian Church used it to fend off heretics. Today it's a timebomb ticking in the heart of astrophysics. For zero, infinity's twin, is not like other numbers. It is both nothing and everything. Zero has pitted East against West and faith against reason, and its intransigence persists in the dark core of a black hole and the brilliant flash of the Big Bang. Today, zero lies at the heart of one of the biggest scientific controversies of all time: the quest for a theory of everything. Within the concept of zero lies a philosophical and scientific history of humanity. Charles Seife's elegant and witty account takes us from Aristotle to superstring theory by way of Egyptian geometry, Kabbalism, Einstein, the Chandrasekhar limit and Stephen Hawking. Covering centuries of thought, it is a concise tour of a world of ideas, bound up in the simple notion of nothing.

Beware the Grieving Warrior describes the fight of one registered nurse and father who fought to expose the neglect of a hospital staff and administration after the tragic deaths of two children due to post-operative complications. By turns shocking and heartrending, infuritating and inspiring, this book offers a chilling firsthand account of the obstacles and resistance that John Lewis encountered as he wound through a hellish maze of bureaucracy and eventually won his day in court.

Radiology has been transformed by new imaging advances and a greater demand for imaging, along with a much lower tolerance for error as part of the Quality & Safety revolution in healthcare. With a greater emphasis on patient safety and quality in imaging practice, imaging specialists are increasingly charged with ensuring patient safety and demonstrating that everything done for patients in their care meets the highest quality and safety standards. This book offers practical guidance on understanding, creating, and implementing quality management programs in Radiology. Chapters are comprehensive, detailed, and organized into three sections: Core Concepts, Management Concepts, and Educational & Special Concepts. Discussions are applicable to all practice settings: community hospitals, private practice, academic radiology, and government/military practice, as well as to those preparing for the quality and safety questions on the American Board of Radiology's "Maintenance of Certification" or initial Board Certification Examinations. Bringing together the various elements that comprise the quality and safety agenda for Radiology, this book serves as a thorough roadmap and resource for radiologists, technicians, and radiology managers and administrators.