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Case Highlights Role of Nurse in OB Safety
Nurses are perceived as highly skilled and educated professionals who are charged with making clinical observations, exercising discretion, and taking appropriate treatment actions based on a patient’s changing clinical picture.
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Nurses Should Understand Their Risk in OB Malpractice
It is critical for nurses to adhere to specialty standards and recommendations to avoid legal action in case of a patient injury.
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Careful Log of Time, Incidents Can Be Crucial to Defense
OB malpractice cases often hinge on the fine details of when certain events happened, when steps were taken, and how much time passed before clinicians intervened to protect the patient.
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OB Risk Reduction Focuses on Nurses, Detailed Timelines
Obstetrical malpractice claims make up only a portion of all cases, yet they demand an undue amount of attention from risk managers and defense attorneys.
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USB Drive Containing ePHI Stolen
The Office of Civil Rights recently announced a HIPAA settlement based on the theft of a USB data storage device with unsecured electronic protected health information.
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Presence Settlement Shows Need for Timely Notification When Breach Occurs
For the first time, a healthcare provider is settling a HIPAA violation based on failure to quickly report a breach.
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Hospital Ordered to Pay $1.7 Million for Fatal Excessive Fluid Administration
Lack of postoperative monitoring led to the death of a patient given excessive fluids.
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$14.5 Million Verdict for Premature Infant’s Injuries
A misdiagnosis and lack of follow-up testing led to an infant's permanent injury.
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Lost Devices Lead to OCR Finding More Noncompliance
A hospital’s loss of a BlackBerry and a laptop containing unsecured electronic protected health information led to an investigation by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights that found more widespread HIPAA violations.
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Study: Apology Laws Don’t Reduce Malpractice Claims
Laws that allow doctors to apologize to patients after an adverse event are intended to protect physicians who want to say they’re sorry but not have that considered an admission of guilt, but their effectiveness is questionable, according to a new study.