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Hospital investigating after ESPN publishes football player’s medical record
When a professional football player’s medical record was published by the sports network ESPN, even those who are outside the healthcare community scratched their heads and wondered how that could happen. The hospital administration is determined to find out.
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New and increased liabilities emerging from Affordable Care Act
Risk managers should be aware that the Affordable Care Act is creating new liabilities that were not apparent when the law first took effect, says Rob Francis, COO of The Doctors Company, based in Napa, CA, and the nation’s largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer.
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Nursing home bars black nurses, loses lawsuit
When considering whether to accommodate a patient’s request regarding caregivers of a particular race, gender, or religion, the case that comes closest to setting a precedent for healthcare providers is Chaney v. Plainfield Healthcare Center, which involves a Plainfield, IN-based nursing home that forbade black nurses from treating certain patients.
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Healthcare Risk Management’ s Ebola coverage wins first place
Healthcare Risk Management has earned First Place in the Best Healthcare Interpretative or Analytical Reporting category in 2015 Specialized Information Publishers Association journalism awards for coverage of the first U.S. Ebola cases.
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Providers must tread carefully if patient objects to caregiver
Recent racial controversies have prompted some risk managers to wonder how to respond if a patient objects to the race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation of a caregiver. The situation is difficult, and labor law experts advise risk managers to step very carefully once the issue is raised.
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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
TB Screening for High-Tech Workers
Cellulitis or Pseudocellulitis?
Screening for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Before Invasive Procedures
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Influenza Vaccination: Updated Information for 2015-16
The CDC has published updates of last year’s recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for the use of seasonal influenza vaccines. The following is a selection of some of the most pertinent ones.
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Scrub Typhus and the Brain
Scrub typhus infections involve the nervous system in a majority of cases and should be suspected in patients who live in, or are returning from, endemic regions with a compatible clinical syndrome.
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“Only Skin Deep” — Preventing and Managing Dermatologic Problems in Travelers
Skin infections and infestations account for significant concern among returned travelers. Appropriate diagnosis and treatment makes long-term morbidity unlikely.
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Community-acquired Pneumonia Requiring Hospitalization in Adults
An active population-based surveillance of community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization in adults 18 years of age and older was conducted in five hospitals in Chicago and Nashville. The incidence of CAP requiring hospitalization was highest in older adults. Despite extensive diagnostic testing, no pathogen was identified in most patients. Respiratory viruses were identified more frequently than bacteria.