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Hospital Terminates Employees for Allowing Another To Do Their Jobs
A Boston hospital recently announced that it terminated two employees over a privacy breach after an investigation determined that they allowed a third person, not an employee of the hospital, to perform some of their job duties. That person might have accessed patient protected health information, the hospital said.
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Important Lessons for Medical Providers from Case Against Surgical Device Manufacturer Accused of Faulty Design
A federal court in Florida recently allowed claims to proceed against a surgical device company after the death of a patient whose doctor used the instrument on her during the surgery. The plaintiff, diagnosed with colon cancer, filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer of the device, claiming that the injury resulted from a defect in the device’s insulation.
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Texas Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of Medical Malpractice Plaintiff’s Complaint for Failure To Observe Procedural Requirements
Recently, a Texas appellate court affirmed the dismissal of a plaintiff’s medical malpractice action after she failed to comply with Texas procedural rules.
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Chevron Ruling Will Bring Uncertainty to Healthcare Compliance
The Supreme Court’s recent ruling sharply reducing the power of federal agencies to interpret the laws they administer might produce major changes in healthcare compliance in the coming years.
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Supreme Court Ruling Could Be ‘Sea Change’ for Healthcare
The Supreme Court ruling reversing the earlier Chevron determination giving deference to federal agencies to interpret rules will have a significant impact on the healthcare industry, but the effects will not come all at once.
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Changes to Substance Abuse Disorder Records Rules
Health and Human Services recently made changes to the confidentiality of substance use disorder records, providing that Part 2 violations now will be subject to both criminal and civil penalties.
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CrowdStrike Crisis Leaves Lessons for Healthcare
The CrowdStrike debacle affected many health systems and hospitals, shutting down critical systems and forcing many to delay or cancel procedures.
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‘Doc, I Can’t See’: The Emergency Medicine Approach to Acute Atraumatic Vision Loss
This article will discuss the various emergent causes of vision loss, including necessary diagnostic testing, imaging, and needed interventions and consultations. Most importantly, emergency medicine clinicians must be sensitive to the goal of restoration and preservation of as much vision as possible.
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CSF Analysis May Help in the Diagnosis of Dementia with Lewy Bodies
This paper demonstrated that cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) alpha-synuclein seeding assays can distinguish between clinically diagnosed dementia with Lewy bodies and controls, and that the presence of hyposmia with core clinical features had the highest predictive value of detecting CSF alpha-synuclein.
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Anchoring Alzheimer’s Disease Along an Amyloid Timeline
In 601 individuals from Wisconsin-based cohorts with amyloid-beta and tau positron emission tomography scans, the magnitude and topographical spread of tau pathology increased with longer duration of amyloid-beta positivity, and the cognitive decline was steepest in those with the longest duration of amyloid-beta positivity and elevated entorhinal tau.