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Family Sues Nurse and Hospital After Newborn Death
An Oregon woman is suing Portland Adventist Medical Center and an individual nurse after her four-day-old son died. Monica Thompson is seeking $3.5 million from the nurse and $5.1 million from the hospital.
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Smothered Newborn Shows Patient Safety, Liability Risks
A tragic newborn death illustrates the patient safety risks posed by simply leaving an infant to sleep in the arms of its mother, risks that are increasing with the emphasis on more physical contact between the mother and child.
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Per-record Cost of Data Breaches Increasing
The cost of healthcare data breaches continue to remain the highest out of any industry, with an average cost of $380 per record, according to a recent report from the Ponemon Institute.
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New Breach Reporting Tool Helps With HIPAA Response
A new breach reporting tool should be useful for HIPAA compliance, partly because it can help providers stay on top of what is currently trending in cyberattacks and other types of breaches.
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Myriad State Requirements Complicate Breach Response
When you realize there has been a breach of protected health information, your first thought is of HIPAA and how to satisfy federal requirements for responding. But that is far from the end of your obligation, as state requirements can be just as onerous.
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Couple Unsuccessful on Failure-to-Diagnose Claim
This case illustrates the importance of developing a firm understanding of expert witness qualification. Expert witness testimony is very frequently pivotal in a case.
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Statutory Personal Injury Caps Violate Florida’s Equal Protection Clause
Florida Supreme Court justices found that the state's personal damages caps discriminate against those who are severely injured.
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Too Much Focus on Satisfaction Scores: The Patient Isn’t Always Right
Is a patient, family member, or other visitor being rude or disrespectful to clinicians? Clinicians often feel they had no recourse if a patient or family behaved disrespectfully.
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$130,000 in Penalties for Illegally Deferring Notice of Breach
The Department of Justice recently announced a settlement with CoPilot Provider Support Services after the company waited more than a year to provide notice of a data breach that exposed 221,178 patient records.
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Anthem Settles Breach Lawsuit for $115 Million
Insurance giant Anthem has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit over a 2015 cyberattack for $115 million, the plaintiffs’ attorneys announced in June.