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Health System Included PHI in Press Release, OCR Says
Memorial Hermann Health System has agreed to pay $2.4 million to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and adopt a corrective action plan to settle potential HIPAA violations related to claims it included a patient’s protected health information in a press release.
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Health Promotion Advocate Extends Benefits Offered to Adolescents, Young Adults
With all they have on their plates, emergency personnel generally are not enthusiastic about taking on new preventive health initiatives, but a unique program that aims to identify and respond to risky and unsafe behaviors in adolescents and young adults who present to the ED has won over both providers and staff at Boston Medical Center.
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Opioid Prescriptions After Cesarean Delivery: How Much Should We Prescribe?
This cross-sectional survey of 720 women found that 85% filled an opioid prescription after cesarean delivery, and the median number of tablets dispensed was 40. The median number of tablets consumed was only 20 tablets and the number dispensed did not correlate with patient satisfaction, pain control, or the need for a refill.
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Technology Increasingly Helps Case Managers Engage With Patients
Technology helps case management programs improve efficiency and become faster at reacting to patient problems or anticipating issues before they occur.
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Worker at Candle Factory Loses Hand, but Returns to Work With Case Management Help
A case manager shares her experience helping an injured worker recover and find a way to get back on the job.
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Case Management Is Essential in Handling Catastrophic Injuries
Case managers assigned to patients who have suffered catastrophic injuries can make a huge difference in patients’ outcomes and ability to return to work.
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Text Messages Transform Case Management for At-risk Patients
Case management texting can be an effective and affordable way to engage with high-risk patients and encourage them to follow health regimens.
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Paper Calls for More Transparency of Industry-sponsored Clinical Trials
A recent paper offers consensus recommendations and examples of best practices from the published clinical trial literature to help authors and trial sponsors communicate drug adverse events in a more informative and clinically meaningful manner.
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Very Strict Clinical Trial Criteria Can Pose Ethical Problem
Clinical trials routinely use overly strict enrollment criteria, found a recent study.
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Gray Zone Remains Between Clinical Research and Quality Improvement Efforts
The boundary between quality improvement projects and clinical research requiring IRB oversight remains nebulous with finalization of the Common Rule on Jan. 18, 2017. There was some attempt to address this situation in the proposed new rule, but ultimately the solutions were deemed problematic and the issue was left unresolved.