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Infant abductions from healthcare facilities are decreasing. While this signals success with prevention efforts, some worry that providers will become complacent.
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Hospitals are struggling with finding ways to address errors without punishing those responsible, according to the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in Rockville, MD.
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Kings Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, KY, will pay nearly $41 million to the federal government to settle fraud claims related to the hospitals cardiac program.
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Self-insuring means taking on more responsibility for managing claims and minimizing losses, and the risk manager plays a key role, says Eileen F. Conlon, managing director for Beecher Carlson in Miami.
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Healthcare data is vulnerable to hackers in several ways. The threat is changing the role of some healthcare managers.
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The not-for-profit healthcare system Sutter Health recently announced an $11.5 million commitment to install overhead patient lifts at 19 intensive care units and acute rehabilitation centers across its Northern California network.
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UCares care coordinators are the hub for communication among providers treating the Minneapolis health plans dual eligible members enrolled in one of two care plans depending on their age.
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Individuals who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid have complex medical and social service needs, and many also have behavioral health issues, making coordination of care a challenge.
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A common refrain of ED administrators is that when it comes to patient flow, there is only so much they can do to eliminate wait times when the upper floors cannot quickly accommodate admissions from the ED.
