Short Staffing Substantially Increases Patient Safety Risk

You can turn on any television drama that revolves around emergency medicine and see the same scene every time: doctors and nurses scrambling in the emergency room to tend to each patient who comes through the door on a stretcher. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, it has become very clear that our hospitals…

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Congressman Asks for Answers Regarding Death of Navy Veteran Luke Smyth

NOV. 2019 UPDATE Channel 9 reports that Representative Phil Roe (R-TN) is seeking answers about the death of Navy veteran Luke Smyth. Rep. Roe told Channel 9 anchor Allison Latos that he will “get some answers” regarding “what happened to the employees involved [in Smyth’s death] and whether they instituted more mental health training” after…

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