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Paid Medical Malpractice Claims Decrease, Compensation Up
Paid medical malpractice claims decreased but compensation amounts increased in a new analysis of national claims by specialty from 1992-2014.
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Email Credentials Risky for Healthcare Hacking
Despite a growing awareness among healthcare risk managers of the vulnerability of their computer systems, hackers still get in. Often, they break in through the organization’s weakest link: end-user email credentials.
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NPSF/IHI Merger Could Help Risk Manager Credentialing
The merger of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the National Patient Safety Foundation should increase opportunities for risk managers to obtain credentialing in patient safety.
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Captive Insurance Can Be Tool for Enterprise Risk Management
A captive insurance company can be a valuable enterprise risk management tool if structured properly and focused on risk management.
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Coders Play Important Role in Compliance Efforts
Coders are in a unique position to spot a wide range of noncompliance issues, so they must be trained on their obligation to report what they find, a coding expert says.
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Badges Identify Visitors After Screening
Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, OH, uses a system that checks the background of visitors and issues a temporary identification badge noting what type of visitor they are.
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Debrief All Violent Acts, Not Just the Big Ones
Debriefing should be a core part of any violence prevention and response plan.
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Preventing Hospital Violence Requires Proactive Strategy
Hospitals are focusing more on violence and how to prevent it in the healthcare setting, but they still need to adopt a more proactive approach that includes all forms of violence, not just the big notable incidents, experts say.
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Study Challenges Orthodoxy of IV Hydration for Prevention of Contrast Nephropathy
SYNOPSIS: This trial randomized 660 patients with chronic kidney disease and a planned procedure requiring intravascular iodinated contrast to prophylactic hydration or to no hydration. No hydration was found to be non-inferior for prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy and saved significant costs.
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Clindamycin Improves Outcomes in Necrotizing Fasciitis due to Group A Streptococcus
SYNOPSIS: Using a murine model of necrotizing fasciitis, investigators determined that clindamycin inhibits key virulence factors of Group A Streptococcus, and should be given as soon as possible and at high doses to reach levels above MIC in affected tissues.