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EMR Faults Can Be Major Factors in Med/Mal Cases
As useful as electronic medical records can be and as much as they can improve patient safety, they also can pose significant liability risks if they inadvertently introduce errors or make the record difficult to understand, medical malpractice attorneys caution.
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HIPAA Misconceptions Still Plague Healthcare Providers
Even after years of living with HIPAA and its many requirements, healthcare providers still labor under misconceptions that could lead to noncompliance penalties.
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Time to Get Serious About Behavioral Health Safety in the ED
Caring for behavioral health patients often affects timely throughput of all patients in the ED and they present many other risks in the emergency care setting. The future of rapid improvement in access to appropriate treatment settings and care providers is uncertain.
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OCR: Ransomware Can Affect HIPAA Compliance
Responding to the recent worldwide cyberattacks that affected healthcare systems, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights issued a reminder to covered entities about HIPAA rules on security breaches.
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Task Force Advises Review of Healthcare Cybersecurity
After the WannaCry cyberattack hit healthcare providers and other organizations worldwide, the federal Health Care Industry Cybersecurity Task Force released a report that offers recommendations for action to be taken by the healthcare industry, Congress, HHS, and other groups.
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Cyberattack Shows Threat to Patient Safety, Liability Risks
The threat to patient safety and the potential for resulting liability from a cyberattack was illustrated in the recent WannaCry attack that crippled the United Kingdom’s National Health Service and affected thousands of organizations around the world.
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Decisional Conflict Common for Surrogates of ICU Patients
A recent study looked at whether the decision-making process plays a role in the psychological morbidity associated with being a surrogate in the ICU.
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Paper Calls for More Transparency of Industry-sponsored Clinical Trials
A recent paper offers consensus recommendations and examples of best practices from the published clinical trial literature to help authors and trial sponsors communicate drug adverse events in a more informative and clinically meaningful manner.
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Are Patients Prepared for Reality of Life With Implantable Devices?
Patients may view cardiac implantable electronic devices as a lifesaver — without fully understanding quality of life issues.
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Study Identifies Surprising Priorities of Chronically Critically Ill Patients
For chronically critically ill patients and their surrogates, life prolongation fell below cognitive impact and physical function goals for the majority of people surveyed. This was true for both patients and families.