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HHS May Be Taking Different Tack With HIPAA Enforcement
HHS and the Office for Civil Rights may be adopting a different approach to HIPAA compliance under the Trump administration, as evidenced by a notable reduction in enforcement actions in the past year. But don’t let down your guard just yet. HIPAA still has teeth.
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Antibiotics and Adverse Events: Doctors, Do No Harm!
A retrospective study found that among 1,488 hospitalized patients who received an antibiotic, 298 (20%) experienced at least one antibiotic-associated adverse drug event.
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Exclusion of Expert Witness Results in Successful Defense of Infection Case
In a failure-to-diagnose lawsuit, the court ultimately ruled in favor of the physician and hospital, granting their summary judgment motion. The exclusion of the plaintiffs’ expert witness under the critical Daubert case governing expert witnesses was the primary basis on which the summary judgment motion was granted.
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Statin Use Is Associated With a Lower Risk of Community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia
A population-based case-control study from Denmark found the use of statins was associated with a decreased risk for community-associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, with the greatest benefit from higher doses.
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Post-childbirth Sepsis Yields Largest Wrongful Death Verdict in Minnesota History
A wrongful death case involving a new mother resulted in Minnesota’s largest wrongful death verdict.
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Lyme Disease in the United States — Good News, Bad News
The incidence of Lyme disease appears to have stabilized in states with known high incidences of the infection, but there is evidence of geographic expansion into neighboring states.
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EHR-related Claims Involve Design Issues, Entry Errors, Alert Fatigue
Two reports on the risks related to electronic health records reveal the broad range of alleged and actual user and system mistakes in recent EHR-related malpractice claims. The pace of these cases has grown rapidly over the last 10 years, the research indicates.
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Opioids Lead List of Drug-related Malpractice Claims
Opioids were the leading drug associated with medication-related malpractice claims, according to recent research from Boston-based medical liability insurer Coverys. The second most common claim was anticoagulants.
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Mumps Vaccine — Third Dose During Outbreaks
Mumps immunity wanes over time, with a notable increase in risk of infection 13 or more years after completion of the currently recommended series of vaccines. During an outbreak of mumps, receipt of an extra (third, by American schedules) vaccine significantly reduces the risk of becoming sick with mumps.
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FCRA Sets Strict Limits on Background Screens
The federal Fair Credit Reporting Act doesn’t apply to background checks conducted in-house, but some state and local laws do. Employers must know what laws govern background checks in their particular state.