Healthcare Risk Management – August 1, 2001
August 1, 2001
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Find your way through the malpractice maze on HRMnewsletter.com
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Expect the unexpected: Create a policy for unforeseen outcomes
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It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it
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‘Unanticipated outcome’ can include good news
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Consent form blamed in fatality at Johns Hopkins
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Landmark jury award for undertreating pain
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Attempt to defy Jehovah’s Witness strands a hospital
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Blue Cross/Blue Shield, MN reach agreement
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Liability insurance offered for Internet-based care
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Docs who gave up narcotics licenses still not in NPDB
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Wrong surgery, wrong patient ID, wrong dosage
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Feds warn: Beware advice on illegal billing practices
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Cheney’s heart doctor hit with a $15 million lawsuit
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Humana will pay $8 million to settle fraud allegations
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Manufacturer warns of patient warming device
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Legal Review & Commentary: Improper treatment of broken arm results in brain damage: $6.5 million settlement in Washington
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Legal Review & Commentary: Genital mutilation: $2 million verdict