Healthcare Risk Management – January 1, 2002
January 1, 2002
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Future looks bleak as malpractice premiums continue upward spiral
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Blow your own horn to prove you’re the best risk
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High premiums for docs to cut back on purchases
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Threats create a need to coordinate with providers
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AHA guidelines urge protection of privacy
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$11 million settlement in brain damage case
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Sentinel Event Alerts still useful, but not for scoring
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Joint Commission say some standards are ambiguous
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Medication errors related to poor communications
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Joint Commission tip: Live up to your job description
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OIG may ease integrity agreement reviews
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Legal Review and Commentary: Failure to diagnose, treat endocarditis in a timely manner: Confidential Florida settlement
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Legal Review and Commentary: Thumb injury ends in settlement for $7,500
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Bioterrorism Watch: Ring of Fire: CDC plan to immunize around first smallpox cases has the devil in the details
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Bioterrorism Watch: Health workers, contacts priority for vaccination
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Bioterrorism Watch: Smallpox or chickenpox? How to make the diagnosis
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Patient Safety Alert Supplement