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Two hospitals in Colorado were accused of harvesting a mans organs before he was declared dead. The coroner actually ruled the death a homicide, saying the cause was removal of his internal organs by an organ recovery team. The only trouble with the story? The coroners conclusions were wrong, according to everyone involved except the coroner himself.
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Dennis S. OLeary, MD, president of JCAHO, tells Healthcare Risk Management that risk managers should take a lead role in ensuring that all staff members are aware of the problem of anesthesia awareness.
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Risk managers may have thought about their facilities as potential targets of terrorists, but have you ever considered that you might be the source of nuclear material used in an attack?
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Survey fees charged by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations will increase for 2005. Prepare your hospital for a very unusual flu season.
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The most critical issue before, during, and after any emergency is communications, say the Florida home health managers who faced multiple hurricanes during the 2004 hurricane season.
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As for-profit hospices grow and gain market share in the hospice industry, their nonprofit counterparts might learn a few new tricks from them about marketing hospice services to the public.
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In 1975, when the Hospice of Marin in Corte Madera, CA, became the second hospice to open in the United States, no one envisioned a time when hospices would become the standard for end-of-life careeven in profitable chains.
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Although the safety of employees and patients as well as the resumption of care to patients is a priority for a home health agency following an emergency, dont forget to address financial and regulatory issues that affect your agencys operation, says Connie Hetterich, RN, administrator of Sacred Heart Home Care in Pensacola, FL.
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The devastation that Florida has experienced this hurricane season is unlike any the state has seen before. Following are the lessons learned from one agency caught in the middle of Ivan, one of the more powerful storms.
