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A Florida woman was awarded $36 million by a jury in May after a pain management physician allegedly botched a steroid injection damaging the woman's spinal cord.
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Data gathering is key to reducing the risks associated with off-peak hours, says Patti Hamilton, PhD, RN, graduate studies at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, TX. But the data must be gathered and analyzed in a way that doesn't obscure the information about off-peak hours.
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Avoiding the wrong phone number problem begins during the intake process...
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The Joint Commission (TJC) is underscoring its commitment to keep accreditation records confidential and its willingness to resist prosecutors' requests as far as the law will allow.
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Counts are an essential tool for reducing the number of retained items in surgery, but they should be augmented with other strategies, according to one recent study.
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A young woman presented to the emergency department (ED) of a hospital after being shot in the head with an air pellet rifle. Almost half an hour passed between the time the woman was seen by the ED nurse and the time the nurse informed the ED physician of the woman's condition.
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Drug theft is a vexing problem for any health care provider, but a health system in Texas is finding that the thefts can be on such a scale that federal investigators become interested and the community starts asking how the provider could have let the thieves continue for so long.
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The theft ring at Parkland Hospital in Dallas was discovered and self-reported to all appropriate agencies by Parkland's director of pharmacy services, Vivian Johnson, according to a letter the hospital sent to the State Board of Pharmacy.
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Wandering and elopement exist in all health care facilities, but long-term care facilities are at most risk because of the nature of the residents' conditions. Patients with Alzheimer's disease, dementia, autism, and others who cannot help themselves pose a high risk, no matter the setting.
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Background checks for criminal records or other questionable behavior should be a standard risk management strategy for all health care providers, and meeting minimum requirements is not the best way to go, say providers and experts in background screens.
