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Halifax settlement still yielding lessons on Stark
The $85 million settlement last year by a Florida hospital accused of violating the Stark law continues to yield lessons, notably an aggressive approach from federal prosecutors to allegations of false claims.
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Office of Inspector General tells healthcare boards to listen to their risk managers
Risk managers and compliance officers just received a nice boost from the OIG at the Department of Health and Human Services, which recently issued guidance aimed at the governing boards of healthcare entities.
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Doctor’s experience with faulty EHR drives his passion for patient safety
Scot M. Silverstein, MD, is passionate about alerting the healthcare community to the patient safety risks posed by faulty electronic health records and the imperfect use of any EHR. That drive for patient safety was spurred largely by his own experience in trying to protect his mother when she entered a Pennsylvania hospital for treatment.
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EHRs threaten safety in numerous ways
Plaintiffs’ attorneys are on the lookout for several malpractice theories that trace patient harm back to an electronic health record that was flawed in its design or used improperly by clinicians, says Marion Munley, JD, an attorney in Scranton, PA, who has briefed others in her field.
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TJC, medical societies warn of EHR safety issues
In a recent Sentinel Event Alert, The Joint Commission warned of how incorrect or miscommunicated information entered into health IT systems might result in adverse events.
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HRM honored in Jesse H. Neal Awards
Healthcare Risk Management was honored recently in The Jesse H. Neal Awards, sponsored by the Association of Business Information & Media Companies of The Software Industry and Information Association.
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EHRs emerging as leading threat to patient safety, but little oversight
Electronic health records pose significant threats to patient safety. Risk managers are encouraged to take the lead in identifying the threats and reducing patient harm.
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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
Surprise! My Kid Has Chlamydia; More on C. diff. Transmission; Staph. aureus Carriage and Moustaches
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Treatment of Invasive Aspergillosis: Are Two Drugs Better Than One?
Although potential benefit may have been detected in a post hoc subset analysis, the addition of anidulafungin in the initial phase of primary treatment of suspected or documented invasive aspergillosis was not associated with a significant improvement in survival.
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Nasal Screening for MRSA: The New Basis for De-escalation of Empiric Antibiotics?
The high negative predictive value of a negative nasal screen for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus suggests these patients do not have lower respiratory tract infections caused by the organism.