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Low Back Pain Best Prevented with Exercise and Education
In a meta-analysis of studies on preventing low back pain, researchers found a combination of exercise and education were the most likely interventions to prevent recurrence of this potentially debilitating condition.
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Hospital is liable for $1.5 million for surgeon’s failure to inspect surgery site
In 2011, a 51-year-old woman went to a hospital for a hysterectomy. An obstetrician who works at the hospital operated.
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Paperwork error leaves hospital without insurance and forced to defend malpractice suit on its own
In 2008, a woman went to a hospital seeking treatment for weight and size reduction. A physician recommended a form of mesotherapy, which is a non-surgical technique to dissolve fat tissues through injections.
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Tenet to pay $238 million for false claims
Tenet Healthcare in Dallas has agreed to pay $238 million to resolve a False Claims Act lawsuit involving alleged kickbacks for maternity referrals by four of its hospitals.
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Are Nighttime Extubations in the ICU Safe?
Compared to daytime extubations, ICU patients who undergo planned extubation at night do not experience higher likelihood of reintubation, increased length of stay, or increased mortality.
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TJC highlights project to reduce employee falls
The recent issue of the International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage includes an article about the results of a project of The Joint Commission that successfully reduced the average number of monthly falls of TJC field staff by 64.8% and has sustained the results for four years.
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AHRQ: EHRs associated with fewer adverse events
Cardiovascular, pneumonia, and surgery patients exposed to fully electronic health records were less likely to experience in-hospital adverse events, according to a new study from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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Head-elevated Positioning May Decrease Complications of Emergent Tracheal Intubation
In emergent intubations, a position in which the angle of the back was > 30 degrees above the horizontal (head-elevated) position was associated with fewer complications than intubations performed in the supine position, but the study has several limitations.
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Permitted uses of PHI explained in ONC blog
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has launched a new four-part blog series to explain how the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act not only protects personal health information from misuse, but also allows health information to be accessed when it is needed for patient care.
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Summit focus: Efforts to improve diagnosis accuracy
Responding to the 2015 Improving Diagnosis in Healthcare report from the Institute of Medicine that placed a public spotlight on the issue of diagnostic accuracy, the American Board of Medical Specialties and the National Patient Safety Foundation recently brought together experts to address the issue.