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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.
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Patients Sometimes Game EMTALA System
EMTALA compliance is greatly complicated in communities with significant homeless populations.
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Four Steps for Improving EMTALA Compliance
Compliance with EMTALA will continue to pose challenges until systemic problems like the treatment of behavioral health patients can be addressed, but in the meantime there are steps that can help a hospital avoid being penalized for violations.
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Confusion, Competing Priorities Behind EMTALA Violations
Most hospitals violating EMTALA intend to comply with the law but fall short because of confusion about requirements and competing priorities between doctors and hospitals.
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EMTALA Violations Persist as Hospitals Cope With Overload
Hospitals continue violating EMTALA despite years of compliance efforts and the threat of severe penalties. In most cases, the hospital does not intend to dump patients.
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Strict Safety Briefings Reduce CAUTIs, CLABSIs, and Falls
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis was experiencing a problem familiar to many hospitals: It could make quality improvements, but had difficulty making those improvements stick, as there was a lack of bedside accountability.
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Negligent Presurgery Procedure Results in Fatal Pulmonary Arrest, $5.5 Million Verdict
This case illustrates the need for communication in the healthcare industry. In this case, a breakdown in communication occurred interhospital, intrahospital, and between patient and medical professional.
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Physician on Probation Places Patient in Unnecessary Coma, Yielding $9 Million Verdict
The patient was left untreated for a month before a second opinion was obtained.