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HRM adds free CME
Beginning this month, Healthcare Risk Management offers free continuing medication education, in addition to continuing nursing education. To participate, simply see the instructions in this issue.
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Cost savings reported from remote video monitoring
A remote video monitoring system can significantly reduce hospital costs while maintaining quality of care, according to peer-reviewed clinical research.
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Medical and healthcare groups join to reduce diagnosis errors
More than a dozen major medical societies and healthcare organizations, including patient and consumer advocates and government partners, have joined forces to address diagnostic errors in medicine, through the newly formed Coalition to Improve Diagnosis.
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$750K HIPAA settlement highlights policies for controlling devices
Cancer Care Group agreed to settle potential violations of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules with the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights. Cancer Care paid $750,000 and will adopt a robust corrective action plan to correct deficiencies in its HIPAA compliance program.
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CMS proposes changes to Stark Law on self-referral
Several revisions have been proposed to the 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, including a new exception to the regulations under the federal physician self-referral law, commonly referred to as the Stark Law.
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Problem lists can threaten safety, pose liability risks
Many hospitals use problem lists as a way to catalog all health issues affecting a patient, or at least those that are particularly noteworthy for other physicians. A recent study and malpractice case, however, highlight the risk posed by having a policy on problem lists and not following it.
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Data suggests tort reform decreases patient safety
Risk managers want to lower malpractice damages and improve patient safety, but recent research suggests that those goals might be at odds with each other. Legislation that caps malpractice damages actually might lead clinicians to make more errors. The reason? They relax, because they know the potential consequences are limited.
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Surgeons respond well to wrong-site stories
Research reports from the Veterans Health Administration suggest that surgeons are affected by hearing tales of wrong-site errors and the lessons learned, but that adherence to the Universal Protocol does not prevent the errors.
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Communication issues lead to wrong-site errors
Despite years of emphasis on using the Universal Protocol and site marking, wrong-site errors occur in about one in 100,000 surgeries, according to a recent study in the journal Surgery.
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Problem of wrong-site surgery and retained objects won’t go away
Wrong-site surgery errors persist even after years of concerted efforts to avoid them, and some of the standard prevention policies and procedures might not be effective enough. Some hospitals are finding other ways to prevent this never event and other errors.