Healthcare Risk Management – May 1, 2017
May 1, 2017
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Preventing Hospital Violence Requires Proactive Strategy
Hospitals are focusing more on violence and how to prevent it in the healthcare setting, but they still need to adopt a more proactive approach that includes all forms of violence, not just the big notable incidents, experts say.
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Debrief All Violent Acts, Not Just the Big Ones
Debriefing should be a core part of any violence prevention and response plan.
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Badges Identify Visitors After Screening
Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, OH, uses a system that checks the background of visitors and issues a temporary identification badge noting what type of visitor they are.
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Coders Play Important Role in Compliance Efforts
Coders are in a unique position to spot a wide range of noncompliance issues, so they must be trained on their obligation to report what they find, a coding expert says.
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Captive Insurance Can Be Tool for Enterprise Risk Management
A captive insurance company can be a valuable enterprise risk management tool if structured properly and focused on risk management.
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NPSF/IHI Merger Could Help Risk Manager Credentialing
The merger of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the National Patient Safety Foundation should increase opportunities for risk managers to obtain credentialing in patient safety.
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Email Credentials Risky for Healthcare Hacking
Despite a growing awareness among healthcare risk managers of the vulnerability of their computer systems, hackers still get in. Often, they break in through the organization’s weakest link: end-user email credentials.
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Paid Medical Malpractice Claims Decrease, Compensation Up
Paid medical malpractice claims decreased but compensation amounts increased in a new analysis of national claims by specialty from 1992-2014.
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More Data Access Means More Risk of Breach
Greater access to healthcare data increases the risk of a security breach, according to a recent report.
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Study Identifies Surprising Priorities of Chronically Critically Ill Patients
To explore the expectations and goals of chronically critically ill patients, researchers interviewed 30 patients and 20 surrogates at a long-term acute care hospital.
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$4.7 Million Verdict for Fatal Failure to Monitor Medication
Failure to monitor a patient's medication use resulted in fatal liver damage.
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Hand and Toe Amputation Results in $10.4 Million Jury Verdict
Failure to monitor adverse drug events in a patient led to gangrene and amputation of hand and toes.