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Adverse Event Rates Still High Among Hospitalized Patients
The results of a recent study indicated adverse events remain disturbingly common for hospitalized patients, with 24% of admissions resulting in at least one adverse event that caused harm. The research shows adverse events are too common despite decades of attention from the healthcare community.
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Even One Paid Malpractice Claim Predicts More in the Future
Physicians with even one single paid malpractice claim are much more likely than those with no paid claims to experience more paid claims later, according to a recent study. Researchers examined all paid malpractice claims against U.S. physicians between 2004 and 2018. They found paid claims are not the result of bad luck or an inevitable part of practicing medicine, as many physicians think.
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Avoid Patient Abandonment Claims with Education, Follow-up
Patient abandonment claims can arise when a physician or hospital can no longer care for a patient or when there is insufficient follow-up. The risk can be ameliorated with proper procedures and communication.
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Sample Response Plan Outlines Steps
After a hospital was hit with a ransomware attack, the facility’s leadership asked an expert to investigate the incident and develop an incident response plan to use if an attack happened again.
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Response Plan Crucial for Cyberattack Recovery
A recent cyberattack against an Illinois hospital is a strong reminder a robust and well-tested incident response plan is a critical component of cybersecurity.
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Killnet Group Targets U.S. Hospitals with Cyberattacks
Hospitals and health systems should review their defenses against the cyber breach known as Distributed Denial of Service in response to threats from the pro-Russia hacktivist group known as Killnet. More than a dozen hospitals have been hit by Killnet attacks, taking down forward-facing webpages and breaching protected health information.
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HHS Announces Reorganization of Office for Civil Rights
The announcement arrives days after the agency reported to Congress a spike in alleged HIPAA and HITECH violations.
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U.S. Mpox Outbreak Down to Two Cases Daily
Mpox (monkeypox) virus, which startled epidemiologists when it appeared suddenly in many non-endemic countries in May 2022, has subsided dramatically in the United States. The infection also is decreasing rapidly in affected regions of the globe.
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The Short, Unhappy Life of Ignaz Semmelweis
Ignaz Semmelweis, the 19th century Hungarian obstetrician who made the lifesaving connection between unwashed hands and patient infections, is widely known to have had his findings soundly rejected by his physician peers. But that is only part of the story.
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New Hand Hygiene Guidance Stresses Skin and Nail Care
A coalition of epidemiology and infection control groups, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, have issued a comprehensive update of hand hygiene recommendations that emphasizes care of hands and fingernails.