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The alleged claim by a fired emergency physician, that the chief medical officer (CMO) assured her that her job was not in jeopardy, could complicate matters for the hospital, which is being sued by the doctor, says Jason Koors, JD, legal counsel with MemorialCare Health System in Fountain Valley, CA.
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Riverside Health System in Newport News, VA, has fired an employee and is offering free credit monitoring to several hundred patients affected by a privacy breach that involved records covering four years.
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it will survey up to 1,200 covered entities and business associates to find those in need of a full HIPAA compliance audit.
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A new security risk assessment (SRA) tool to help guide healthcare providers in small- to medium-size offices conduct risk assessments of their organizations is now available from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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Consumer Reports has released safety scores for U.S. hospitals by combining five key measures into one composite score from 1 to 100.
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Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy is a rare, autosomal dominant neuromuscular disorder that has recently been genetically defined and may be treatable with myoblast transplantation.
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Hemicraniectomy in Older Patients with Large Middle Cerebral Artery Infarcts Reduces Mortality
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This well-designed, randomized, controlled trial, which included a sham arm, showed no evidence for the efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen therapy to treat the symptomatic, cognitive, and behavioral sequelae of postconcussion syndrome in soldiers after combat-related mild traumatic brain injury.
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Chronic use of sleeping medications, particularly benzodiazepines, is associated with an increase in all-cause mortality, and should be avoided if at all possible.
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A Phase 2 trial of atacicept, a humanized recombinant protein that suppresses B cell function, demonstrated a negative impact on clinical disease activity in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.
