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ED doctors most at risk for diagnosis-related claims
Emergency medicine physicians are more prone to be sued for diagnosis-related issues than many other specialists because they treat patients who are unknown to them and who have a broad range of clinical problems, according to a recent study.
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Wet floor isn’t malpractice — time limit doesn’t apply
Malpractice filing deadlines don’t apply to patients who slip on a wet floor. That was the message from the Fourth District Court of Appeal in Santa Ana, CA, which recently reinstated a lawsuit by a woman who was injured in West Anaheim Medical Center while walking back to her bed from the bathroom.
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Wrong dose results in record CO med mal verdict
Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora has been ordered to pay $17.8 million for a medication error, the largest medical malpractice verdict in Colorado history.
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Whistleblower leads to $85 million settlement
The Stark law settlement announced involving Halifax Hospital Medical Center in Daytona Beach, FL, stemmed from a whistleblower complaint filed by the hospital’s compliance officer and physician services director, who will receive $20.8 million of the $85 million settlement.
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Halifax settlement still yielding lessons on Stark
The $85 million settlement last year by a Florida hospital accused of violating the Stark law continues to yield lessons, notably an aggressive approach from federal prosecutors to allegations of false claims.
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Office of Inspector General tells healthcare boards to listen to their risk managers
Risk managers and compliance officers just received a nice boost from the OIG at the Department of Health and Human Services, which recently issued guidance aimed at the governing boards of healthcare entities.
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Doctor’s experience with faulty EHR drives his passion for patient safety
Scot M. Silverstein, MD, is passionate about alerting the healthcare community to the patient safety risks posed by faulty electronic health records and the imperfect use of any EHR. That drive for patient safety was spurred largely by his own experience in trying to protect his mother when she entered a Pennsylvania hospital for treatment.
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EHRs threaten safety in numerous ways
Plaintiffs’ attorneys are on the lookout for several malpractice theories that trace patient harm back to an electronic health record that was flawed in its design or used improperly by clinicians, says Marion Munley, JD, an attorney in Scranton, PA, who has briefed others in her field.
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TJC, medical societies warn of EHR safety issues
In a recent Sentinel Event Alert, The Joint Commission warned of how incorrect or miscommunicated information entered into health IT systems might result in adverse events.
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HRM honored in Jesse H. Neal Awards
Healthcare Risk Management was honored recently in The Jesse H. Neal Awards, sponsored by the Association of Business Information & Media Companies of The Software Industry and Information Association.