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Consider Diversifying Vendors to Combat Cyber Incidents
With cyber threats continuing to plague healthcare organizations, risk managers may need to look at new strategies to protect their data.
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Tread Carefully When Patient Refuses a Caregiver
It is not uncommon for patients to refuse care from certain staff members for a variety of reasons. Whether a healthcare employer should accommodate that request depends on a number of factors that determine potential liability.
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Know Employer and Employee Rights When ICE Comes
Healthcare employers should be fully prepared for a renewed focus on immigration enforcement, which likely will include a significant number of high-profile workplace immigration raids.
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Immigration Enforcement Worries Healthcare Leaders
The Trump administration’s dramatic escalation of immigrant enforcement actions has many employers and employees on edge, with healthcare facilities in particular facing potentially delicate situations if Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrive seeking employees or patients. Risk managers should study the applicable law beforehand and devise a response plan.
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Iowa Supreme Court Overturns $97 Million Verdict in Birth Injury Case
The Iowa Supreme Court reversed a $97,402,549 verdict in a medical malpractice case, ordering a new trial because of the improper admission of hearsay evidence.
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Louisiana Court Overturns Comparative Fault Finding in Medical Malpractice Case
A Louisiana appellate court recently overturned a jury’s finding that a retired civil engineer was 75% at fault for injuries he sustained from excessive fluoroscopic radiation exposure during vascular surgery.
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Precision Medicine Raises Unique Ethics Concerns in Emergency Department
Precision medicine technologies are rapidly advancing in healthcare, but this approach also presents some ethical challenges.
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Surrogates’ Long-Term Distress Is Ethical Concern
Communication breakdowns between clinicians and surrogates in intensive care units may contribute to surrogates’ long-term psychological distress. However, there is no consensus on how to address this concern.
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Medical Mistrust Can Hinder End-of-Life Decision-Making
During medical training and early clinical practice, Scott Vasher, MD, observed that some patients, or their surrogate decision-makers, had an intrinsic trust in the healthcare team. Others seemed mistrustful. Vasher and colleagues conducted a study to measure surrogate decision-maker medical mistrust and identify risk factors for higher medical mistrust.
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Ethics Consult Requestors Will Expect Quick Response
When someone reaches the point where they are contacting an ethicist, it is safe to assume that person has, at least in their minds, a very pressing concern. But what response time is quick enough for ethics consult requests? There is no clear consensus.