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Enforcement Action Follows Predictable Path, Starts With a Letter
A healthcare organization’s involvement with OCR may begin with a simple letter acknowledging a complaint and providing guidance documentation related to it. For a more serious concern, OCR will assign a case number and ask for substantial information, such as policies and staff education records.
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Uninfected Children Exposed Prenatally to HIV Exhibit Language Delays
In South Africa, uninfected children exposed to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) exhibit delays in receptive and expressive language at 24 months compared to non-HIV-exposed children.
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Avoid Most Common HIPAA Violations With Best Practices, Education
HIPAA breaches can happen even to the best prepared healthcare organizations, but knowing the most common failings can improve your chances of staying in the good graces of the Office for Civil Rights.
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Colonization With Clostridioides difficile Frequently Leads to a Misdiagnosis of Healthcare-Associated Infection
A prospective cohort study from a single institution found 27% of patients diagnosed with healthcare-associated C. difficile infection were colonized with the same isolate on admission.
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Combination Therapy With Daptomycin Plus Beta-Lactam Antibiotics in MSSA Bacteremia
In a retrospective cohort study of 350 patients, the combination of a beta-lactam antibiotic plus daptomycin was not superior to beta-lactam monotherapy in patients with bacteremia due to methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus.
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Court of Appeals Holds That Failure to Diagnose Defects in Fetus Did Not Cause Mother’s Death
In this case, the alleged wrongdoing focused on the initial ultrasound, with the patient’s husband claiming that the defendant physician failed to timely diagnose the patient.
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Incorrect Diagnosis Leads to Patient Refusing Cesarean Section, Infant’s Permanent Injuries
This case reveals how a patient’s circumstances can dramatically affect the size of a verdict, regardless of the underlying type of malpractice. Failures to diagnose or incorrect diagnoses are common types of malpractice when a reasonable physician in the same or similar circumstance would have accurately diagnosed the patient.
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California Law Could Cost Hospitals Millions
Healthcare organizations across the country should be keeping an eye on the California Consumer Privacy Act, which will go into effect Jan. 1, 2020. Failure to comply with this new rule can result in significant penalties, and it is a mistake to think HIPAA compliance will protect organizations.
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Government Moving to More Risk Arrangements Based on Quality
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation wants 100% of providers in upside/downside by 2025 and is using the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced model, primary care models, and (increasingly) more mandatory models to get there.
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Larger Claims Increasing, Leading to Higher Premiums
The medical malpractice insurance market is hardening in response to an increase in claims with large payouts. Hospitals and health systems may feel the effects even if their own claims are stable.