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Legal Exposure for ED When Overdose Patients Refuse Care
One concern is that whatever the patient overdosed on, which often is unknown, will outlast the duration of the reversal agent.
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Hospital Sole Defendant in Some ED Malpractice Claims
Hospitals can argue that they are not liable for the emergency physician's negligence because he or she is not an employee. Yet, it is increasingly difficult for hospitals to avoid this “vicarious liability.”
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Vascular Events, Infections Top Misdiagnosed Conditions in ED Malpractice Claims
The lead author of a recent study expounds on high-severity misdiagnosis cases and what those mean for EDs in terms of patient safety and malpractice risk.
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Dementia Update
Dementia is a common and growing problem that is associated with significant caregiver burden and immense cost. A growing focus on disease prevention and management of risk factors in mid-life is vital to attempt to mitigate the daunting impact of this illness on patients, caregivers, and the healthcare system as a whole.
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Enforcement Action Follows Predictable Path, Starts With a Letter
The Office for Civil Rights usually has much less patience and understanding when the covered entity or business associate has not adopted required HIPAA policies and procedures, has not properly trained and retrained its employees (no less often than once per year), failed to conduct required periodic enterprise-wide risk assessments, or failed to investigate and report a breach timely.
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Avoid Most Common HIPAA Violations With Best Practices, Education
HIPAA breaches can happen even to the best prepared healthcare organizations, but knowing the most common failings can improve your chances of staying in the good graces of the Office for Civil Rights.
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Revenue Cycle Needs Feedback From Patients and Family Advisors, Too
Patient and family advisory committees give valuable input at many hospitals. Often, though, the focus is on clinical processes more so than the revenue cycle, even though both matter to patients and families.
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Cost and Transparency Top Issues Facing Revenue Cycle
Will healthcare be able to change itself quickly enough, or will outside forces change the system in a way that may not be advantageous to consumers, providers, or insurers?
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Patients Will Compare Registration to Hotels, Retailers, and Restaurants
Fair or not, patients compare their registration experience with the check-in process at a nice hotel, making reservations at their favorite Italian restaurant, or the ease of buying a new sweater online. How would your department measure up?
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Patient Ambassadors Held to Same Standards as Five-Star Hotels
For registrars at a New York City medical center, the ambassador role was a promotion on the same level as senior registrar. The job requires top-notch customer service skills, problem-solving, and standing for long periods.