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The fatal overdose of an infant last year at Seattle Children's hospital has resulted in another death: The nurse at fault committed suicide.
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More employers are restricting the use of social media and disciplining workers for violations, according to the results of a recent survey.
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Patient safety professionals are moving toward more prominence and stature in the health care community with the recent launch of the first professional organization devoted to their work.
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The potential for more corporate lawsuits such as the one involving Tenet Healthcare Corp. and Community Health Systems should highlight the value of the risk manager (RM) in any healthcare organization, says Sheryl R. Skolnick, PhD, senior vice president of CRT Capital Group in Stamford, CT, who has studied Tenet for Wall Street.
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A lawsuit involving two rival health systems, with one alleging that the other overcharged Medicare by at least $280 million, might portend more such situations in which a competitor throws a healthcare provider to the auditor wolves.
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Ascension Health, the nonprofit health system based in St. Louis, MO, already had made progress in reducing injuries to newborns and the associated management of risk exposures before launching the Excellence in Obstetrics program, says Christine K. McKoy, JD, the system's vice president of risk management.
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The medical liability response model being implemented in the OB units of five Ascension Health hospitals model emphasizes the need for clinicians to report all events that could result in a lawsuit.
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The nation's largest Catholic and nonprofit healthcare system is launching a demonstration project to determine best methods to reduce or eliminate birth complications and at the same seeking to avoid obstetrics claims through a renewed emphasis on transparency and full disclosure.
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The proposed rule for accountable care organizations (ACOs) from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) specifies how teams of doctors, hospitals, and other healthcare providers and suppliers will work together to coordinate and improve care for patients.
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Calcium supplements and MI; birth control pills and VTE; ACE inhibitors and breast cancer risk; spending on pharmaceuticals; and FDA actions.
