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Higher Risk of Workplace Violence in Healthcare Requires Attention
Workplace violence is a serious problem in the healthcare industry. Three-fourths of all workplace violence occurs in a healthcare or social service setting.
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Physician Injuries Can Create Even Higher Workers’ Comp Costs
Workers’ comp injuries in healthcare most commonly affect nurses and aides, who are more often involved with high-risk activities like moving patients, but physicians also can be injured on the job.
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Minimize Workers’ Compensation Costs With the Right Approach
Workers’ compensation claims are a major concern for healthcare risk managers and can create tremendous liability for the healthcare organization, but careful attention to injury prevention and proper handling of claims can keep the costs to a minimum.
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Prince Lawsuit Shows Risks of ‘Star Treatment’ for Celebrity Patients
Celebrity status can lead healthcare providers to change the standard of care, often unwittingly.
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State Supreme Court Reverses $22 Million Malpractice Case
Untreated hypoxia led to a patient's brain damage and quadriplegia for the rest of her life.
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Inability to Break Up Blood Clot Results in $6.6 Million Jury Verdict
A patient sued a hospital and several physicians, arguing that they were negligent in failing to timely diagnose her blood clot.
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Doctors Maintaining Certification Less Likely to Face Discipline
Physicians who maintain board certification within 10 years of their initial certification are more than two times less likely to face state medical board disciplinary actions than those who do not, according to recent research.
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Reduce Paper Records to Decrease Data Breaches
Healthcare organizations seeking to reduce the risk of data breaches should reduce how much protected health information they put on paper, while also stepping up “holistic” risk management efforts, according to a recent report.
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Report: Nurse Practitioners Pose Malpractice Risk Similar to Physicians
Nurse practitioners face malpractice risks similar to those of physicians. Hospitals should provide similar types and levels of education in risk management.
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Study: Diagnostic Accuracy Still Largest Claims Risk
Diagnosis failures still pose the biggest risk for malpractice claims. A recent review found that they account for 33% of medical professional liability claims.