Compliance
RSSArticles
-
Lab Result Phone Alerts Mean Faster Discharge
Critical lab results can be delivered sooner and patients can be discharged more quickly by delivering lab results immediately to physicians’ smartphones, according to recent research.
-
Failed Lab Result Deliveries Result in Payouts
Data from The Doctors Company illustrate malpractice cases from 2011 to 2016 in which a failure or delaying in reporting findings of lab results was a contributing factor.
-
Ensure Lab Results Don’t Go Overlooked
Errors related to poor handling of lab results are a well-known patient safety risk, but risk managers should not assume their physicians and staff follow the proper policies and procedures to avoid liability.
-
Stanford Approach Helps Avoid Huge Verdict
This case study shows the use of the Decision Analysis Reserve and Trial Strategy tool, a structured reserve-setting process created by The Risk Authority Stanford.
-
Health System Included PHI in Press Release, OCR Says
Memorial Hermann Health System has agreed to pay $2.4 million to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and adopt a corrective action plan to settle potential HIPAA violations related to claims it included a patient’s protected health information in a press release.
-
Gray Zone Remains Between Clinical Research and Quality Improvement Efforts
The boundary between quality improvement projects and clinical research requiring IRB oversight remains nebulous with finalization of the Common Rule on Jan. 18, 2017. There was some attempt to address this situation in the proposed new rule, but ultimately the solutions were deemed problematic and the issue was left unresolved.
-
Small IRB Revises Forms, Updates Policies and Procedures to Obtain FWA and Reach Next Level
A small university's human research protections program overhauled its processes to bring it up to the requirements of the Common Rule and Federalwide Assurance.
-
Ideas to Help ASCs Prepare for Disasters
One of the things ASC directors should keep in mind while putting new emergency preparedness regulatory compliance on their to-do lists is that this advance work can prove to be a figurative and literal lifesaver in the event of an actual disaster.
-
Hospital and Physician Prevail on Medical Negligence/Wrongful Death Appeal
A California court of appeals recently upheld a motion for summary judgment in a case involving the death of a child during birth.
-
Failure to Monitor Medication During Birth Leads to $14.5 Million Verdict
A family brought suit against a hospital and physician, alleging that lack of monitoring of Pitocin during labor led to a baby's brain damage.