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Infant injured by an ‘old school’ trick that most hospitals and healthcare systems ban
A Houston, TX, hospital is facing a lawsuit after a newborn was seriously burned in an attempt to draw blood, and the incident could be a warning bell that techniques formally banned as too dangerous might still be performed in your hospital.
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Greater New York Hospital Association says no more reality television access
After complaints by a family that New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City allowed a dying man to be videotaped for a reality television program without his permission, the Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA) announced recently that emergency departments (EDs) in the city will now ban television crews.
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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.