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Culture Change Can Be Crucial to Patient Safety
Risk managers often hear that patient safety initiatives and other improvement efforts must have support from the top if they are to succeed, but the real key is having an organizational culture that facilitates those goals, according to a leader in culture change.
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Sorensen Ruling a Win for Anti-Kickback Defendant
In a rare win for a defendant convicted of violating the Anti-Kickback Statute, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit took the rare step of overturning the defendant’s conviction in United States v. Sorensen.
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Predictions for 2034 Include Nuclear Verdicts, Increased AI Use
Key trends in the healthcare industry will continue in the coming decade and exacerbate risk management challenges, according to an assessment by The Doctors Company, part of TDC Group, a malpractice insurer based in Napa, CA. Nuclear verdicts will continue to be a threat to healthcare organizations, and risk managers will have to contend with multiple trends that will require time and resources.
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New Jersey Supreme Court Bars Jury from Faulting Out-of-Jurisdiction Doctor
In a recent decision, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that a jury may not allocate fault under New Jersey’s Comparative Negligence Act (CNA) to an out-of-state physician over whom the state lacks personal jurisdiction.
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Georgia Court Affirms $75 Million Verdict in Locked-In Syndrome Case
The Georgia Court of Appeals recently upheld a $75 million jury verdict in favor of a 32-year-old plaintiff who suffered a catastrophic stroke that left him with locked-in syndrome. The plaintiff had arrived at a local hospital with seizure-like symptoms following a chiropractic neck adjustment.
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Effects of Loper Bright Uncertain One Year After Ruling
A year after the Supreme Court’s ruling in Relentless v. Department of Commerce and Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the predicted challenges to healthcare compliance have not yet materialized as fully as expected, but the effects might still be felt in coming months.
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Ransomware Goes Postal: Why Healthcare Should Take Notice
Healthcare organizations across the country recently received extortion demands through the mail claiming that their organization’s data had been stolen and demanding $250,000 to $350,000 in Bitcoin within 10 days.
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Violence in Hospitals Requires Multiple Strategies to Prevent, Respond
Hospitals and other healthcare facilities have been hit with multiple incidents of significant violence in recent months, illustrating the continuing need for effective prevention and response strategies.
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Avoid the Common Pitfalls in Medical Documentation
Medical professionals often work under time pressure that results in some of the common pitfalls in practitioner documentation.
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Employers Can Face Variety of Claims
Given the extensive framework of anti-discrimination laws, an employer can face several legal risks when acquiescing to the discriminatory or biased preferences of patients or otherwise requiring employees to accommodate race or other protected class demands by patients.