Becker's Hospital Review

50 CMO / CARE DELIVERY Spectrum Health ends probe of insensitive Instagram posts, takes 'corrective action' By Molly Gamble S pectrum Health said it has concluded its in- vestigation and taken "corrective action" aer photos taken in operating rooms accompa- nied by insensitive comments were posted to an Instagram account linked to 35 medical residents at the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based system. A Spectrum spokesperson said patients have been informed of the incidents. Becker's did not receive a response about what the corrective mea- sures taken with employees involved with the since-deactivated Instagram account entailed. WOOD-TV, the NBC affiliate of Grand Rapids, aired a segment about the OB-GYN residents' Instagram account March 12. e account was not officially af- filiated with 14-hospital Spectrum Health, although the residents were employees of the system, and photos were taken in Spectrum operating rooms. Since-deleted posts included a photo of a physician holding an organ removed in a cancer operation. "e other game we play in the OR is guess that weight," the poster of the organ picture wrote. "It applies to much more than just babies. As always, 'Price is Right' rules apply so if you go over then you're out!" At least one patient was visible in a post on the operating table. Spectrum Health shared the following statement with Becker's March 24: "We completed a thorough and detailed investiga- tion of the situation involving inappropriate posts on an Instagram account not officially connected to Spectrum Health. Our team members are expected to follow strict guidelines regarding patient confi- dentiality and social media use, and this incident did not reflect those standards. We have informed the patients about this incident and have taken cor- rective action with the team members involved in the posts. We deeply regret this incident occurred despite strong policies and guidelines in place. We are working to further strengthen our educational programs to ensure this type of situation does not happen again." n 10 top patient safety concerns for 2021, ranked by ECRI By Mackenzie Bean R acial disparities in health and healthcare earned the No. 1 spot on ECRI's list of the top 10 patient safety concerns for 2021. ECRI compiled the list based on an analysis of more than 4 million patient safety events collected in the ECRI Institute Patient Safety Organi- zation database since 2009, along with expert opinions from a panel of internal and external patient safety leaders. Eight of the 10 patient safety concerns relate to or have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization said. ECRI suggested healthcare providers use this list as a starting point for launching patient safety discussions and setting priorities at their facilities. Here are the 10 top patient safety issues for 2021, as listed by ECRI: 1. Racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare 2. Emergency preparedness and response in aging services 3. Pandemic preparedness across the health system 4. Supply chain interruptions 5. Drug shortages 6. Telehealth workflow challenges 7. Improvised use of medical devices 8. Methotrexate therapy 9. Peripheral vascular harm 10. Infection risk from aerosol-generating procedures n Physicians report 1st case of COVID-19 antibodies passed to child through birth By Erica Carbajal C OVID-19 antibodies were detected in a baby girl born to a mother who received her first dose of the Moderna vaccine three weeks before giv- ing birth — the first reported case of antibodies being passed through birth, according to a case report published in the preprint server medRxiv. Physicians from Palm Beach County, Fla., took a blood sample from the baby's cord immediately after birth and detected SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, according to the report published Feb. 5. "This is one small case in what will be thousands and thousands of ba- bies born to mothers who have been vaccinated over the next several months," Chad Rudnick, MD, pediatric specialist and co-author of the case report, told local ABC affiliate WPBF in a March 16 report. "Further studies have to determine how long this protection will last. They have to determine at what level of protection or how many antibodies does a baby need to have circulating in order to give them protection," Dr. Rudnick added. n

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