Healthcare Risk Management – October 1, 2000
October 1, 2000
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New certification promises risk managers career boost
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Experience and education top the certification list
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Confidentiality important to most settlements
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Alternative 4 may have reduced reporting risk
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Report: Medication errors common in nursing homes
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Confidential interviews find more adverse events
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Errors show system faults, not individual problems
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Warning issued for infusion pump
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$10 million settlement ends fraud case
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Circumcision clamps might cause injury
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How to take the exam
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Legal Review and Commentary - Nursing home resident with Alzheimer’s disease falls from window, fractures hip: $555,000 verdict
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Legal Review and Commentary - Patient dies after fall from bed with unraised rails
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Legal Review and Commentary - Nauseated patient falls off table: $15,000 verdict
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Patient Safety Quarterly - Communicating can require creativity in emergency
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Patient Safety Quarterly - One Hospital’s Plan for Phone Outage
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Patient Safety Alert