Healthcare Risk Management – April 1, 2000
April 1, 2000
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Patient Safety Alert
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Mandatory reporting proposal is scaring risk managers
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QuIC report urges national error reporting system
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Risk managers: Errors are a problem, but not locally
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O’Leary calls for more info on medical errors
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Intent to ‘dump’ not needed for EMTALA violation
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Informed consent forms are a ‘waste of paper’
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Bedsore lawsuits on rise, could signal new problems
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JCAHO data show surgical complications, causes
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Telemedicine networks may lead to fraud
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Legal Community & Review-Cover-up of failed surgical repair: $16.8 million verdict
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Legal Community & Review-Misdiagnosis results in death, $1.1 million verdict
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Legal Community & Review-Failure to read MRI leads to $410,000 settlement