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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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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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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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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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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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A mother brought suit against a hospital on behalf of her son, claiming the nurse was negligent and the hospital violated the standard of care. Prior to trial, the action settled for $1.35 million.
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Question: Should we invest in terrorism insurance for our facility? I hear that its growing in popularity, but should our hospital be considered a likely target?
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A North Carolina hospital will pay $4 million to avoid a malpractice trial on allegations that a baby suffered cerebral palsy and other neurological problems stemming from kernicterus, or severe jaundice.
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Its going to cost you more for an experience youd rather avoid altogether. JCAHO recently announced overall 2005 survey fee increases across all of the organizations accreditation programs.
