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After having been diagnosed with a broken hip, a 90-year-old nursing home resident was discharged from the hospital. Three days later, a nurses aide at the nursing home attempted to move the patient from her wheelchair to her bed by herself. The patient fell and hit her head, sustaining a subdural hematoma. She was taken back to the hospital, where she died the following day. Her estate brought suit and was awarded $856,000 by the jury. The court reduced the verdict to $356,000.
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of HIPAA Standards staffer Dianne Faup says the agency has received more than 200 transaction/code set complaints, with some 58 still open at the time of her September presentation to the Ninth Annual HIPAA Summit.
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The Radio-Television News Directors Association says all journalists, and particularly those working for electronic media, have been hampered in their work by actual HIPAA privacy requirements and by interpretations of those requirements by some people and organizations.
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Salary levels are up for risk managers this year but may be leveling off, according to the results of this years Healthcare Risk Management Salary Survey.
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A distance-learning patient safety improvement program developed at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio by Maj. Danny Jaghab, MS, RD, LD, has won a prestigious John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award.
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This months issue of ED Legal Letter will discuss the medicolegal risks to the physician, nurse, and hospitals associated with a patient leaving against medical advice and provide strategies to prevent patients from leaving.
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