Performance Improvement Monitoring Pertinent findings of PI monitoring will be communicated through the Medical Governance Structure as appropriate. Restraint: Psychiatric Services Order, continuation, patient assessment and documentation of restraint in the Della Martin Center is governed by the Huntington Hospital Policy, and Seclusion”. “Restraints 2.17 Autopsies: The Pathology Department shall attempt to notify the physician(s) involved in the patient’s care that an autopsy is being performed and that the autopsy results will be forwarded to them. Deaths in which an autopsy would be especially encouraged are: Deaths in autopsy may help to explain unknown and unanticipated medical complications to the attending physician All deaths in which the cause of death or a major diagnosis is unknown with reasonable certainty on clinical grounds Cases in which autopsy may help to allay concerns of the family and/or the public regarding the death and to provide reassurance to them regarding the same Unexpected or unexplained deaths occurring during or following any dental, medical or surgical diagnostic procedures and/or therapies Deaths of patients who have participated in clinical trials (protocols) approved by institutional review boards. Unexpected or unexplained deaths are apparently natural and not subject to a forensic medical jurisdiction Natural deaths which are subject to, but waived by a forensic medical jurisdiction such as (a) persons dead on arrival at hospitals (b) deaths occurring in hospitals within 24 hours of admission, and (c) deaths in which the patient sustained or apparently sustained an injury while hospitalized. Deaths resulting from high-risk infectious and contagious diseases. All obstetric deaths. All prenatal and pediatric deaths. Deaths at any age in which it is believed that autopsy would disclose a known or suspected illness which also may have a bearing on survivors or recipients of transplant organs.
Performance Improvement Monitoring Pertinent findings of PI monitoring will be communicated through the Medical Governance Structure as appropriate. Restraint: Psychiatric Services Order, continuation, patient assessment and documentation of restraint in the Della Martin Center is governed by the Huntington Hospital Policy, “Restraints and Seclusion”. 2.17 Autopsies: The Pathology Department shall attempt to notify the physician(s) involved in the patient’s care that an autopsy is being performed and that the autopsy results will be forwarded to them. Deaths in which an autopsy would be especially encouraged are: Deaths in autopsy may help to explain unknown and unanticipated medical complications to the attending physician All deaths in which the cause of death or a major diagnosis is unknown with reasonable certainty on clinical grounds Cases in which autopsy may help to allay concerns of the family and/or the public regarding the death and to provide reassurance to them regarding the same Unexpected or unexplained deaths occurring during or following any dental, medical or surgical diagnostic procedures and/or therapies Deaths of patients who have participated in clinical trials (protocols) approved by institutional review boards. Unexpected or unexplained deaths are apparently natural and not subject to a forensic medical jurisdiction Natural deaths which are subject to, but waived by a forensic medical jurisdiction such as (a) persons dead on arrival at hospitals (b) deaths occurring in hospitals within 24 hours of admission, and (c) deaths in which the patient sustained or apparently sustained an injury while hospitalized. Deaths resulting from high-risk infectious and contagious diseases. All obstetric deaths. All prenatal and pediatric deaths. Deaths at any age in which it is believed that autopsy would disclose a known or suspected illness which also may have a bearing on survivors or recipients of transplant organs.