-
A survey of hospital leaders indicates that many have serious reservations about a mandatory error reporting system, including that it would discourage event reporting and increase the risk of lawsuits, according to a recent study.
-
Conventional wisdom is wrong: Primary care doctors who coordinate the care of their patients by specialists may actually have lower liability risk than primary care doctors who do not attempt care coordination.
-
A woman underwent surgery to remove her gallbladder. During the procedure, the surgeon noticed a hole in the patients intestine, which he immediately repaired. However, he completed the surgery without examining the rest of the intestine. After the procedure, the woman exhibited symptoms of an abdominal infection. Doctors reopened the womans abdomen and discovered a second perforation that had caused intestinal contents to leak into her abdominal cavity. Although they attempted to repair the hole, the delay had irreversibly exacerbated the womans condition and she died.
-
To effectively manage patients care, providers need the most information possible. The question becomes, under HIPAA, whether managed care organizations can disclose patient information to all providers for any reason
-
In the March 25 Federal Register, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published procedures for nonprivacy administrative simplification complaints under HIPAA, along with a description of the procedures the Department of Health and Human Services will follow in reviewing such complaints.
-
Many small physician practices had gaps in three key areas as they attempted to meet the April 20 deadline for HIPAA security standards, according to Dallas-based MedSynergies.
-
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has published the third in a series of seven papers designed to provide guidance on the HIPAA security standards.
-
-
As daily workplace demands rise, overtaxed leaders often target other decision makers the CEO, a head nurse, technician, or doctor as the source, says a psychologist who is a conflict resolution consultant and president of TheraRising.com in Minnesota.
-
Arguments, nasty comments, and demeaning behavior what health care professional cant tell stories of how some co-worker or colleague made life miserable for people just trying to do their jobs? Disruptive behavior is all too common in health care, but now experts are warning that the harmful effects fall on more than just the health care professionals.
