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Washington has become the first state in the nation to require hospitals to use patient transfer equipment "instead of manual lifting"; as part of a safe patient handling program. The law, which easily passed the state House and Senate, with support from unions and the hospital association, is a landmark for the safe patient handling movement.
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Malpractice insurers are stinging from charges of profiteering from insurance premiums by new data showing costs rising dramatically as claims drop.
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These are the key findings in the recent report from the Center for Justice and Democracy in New York City.
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Electronic safeguards for e-mail in health care, like sophisticated encryption systems, are one piece of the security puzzle but cannot be the entire solution, according to the experts.
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Patients undergoing chemotherapy to fight leukemia and lymphoma are sometimes being accidentally injected with a powerful cancer-fighting drug in an incorrect way that results in death or permanent paralysis.
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Question: I think we've done a good job of educating our staff about compliance with the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), but I still worry that someone will slip up.
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The HIPAA transaction standards have not resulted in the uniformity and efficiency envisioned when HIPAA was adopted.
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Plaintiff awards for medical malpractice cases are on the rise, according to a report from Jury Verdict Research.
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Every year, pharmacists at the University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor prepare a million doses of medicines for thousands of young and often very ill patients.
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If you enjoyed your triennial survey, here's a chance to do it all over again the next week.
