Healthcare Risk Management – April 1, 2007
April 1, 2007
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Georgia hospital hit by F3 tornado — All patients evacuated to area hospitals
Most risk managers are prepared to respond to a disaster in their communities, but what do you do when your facility is the disaster? -
How to set up emergency treatment area at a church
When patients were evacuated from Sumter Regional Hospital in Americus, GA, after an F3 tornado hit on March 1, 2007, a temporary treatment center was set up next to the shelter area inside the town's First Baptist Church. -
Hospital used service to update web site
When Sumter Regional Hospital in Americus, GA, was severely damaged by an F3 tornado, one thing they didn't have to worry about was keeping their web page updated with disaster information. -
Homicide ruling in ED may have chilling effect
Even though criminal charges will not be brought against emergency department (ED) workers following a coroner's ruling that a patient's heart attack death was a homicide, the case could have a chilling effect on health care workers across the country. -
Hospital vows changes after more patients 'dumped'
A spokesman for a hospital in Los Angeles has admitted that its procedures "were not strictly followed" after a public outcry and threats of criminal charges followed witnesses reporting a recently discharged, disabled, and homeless man being "dumped" in front of a shelter. -
Duke hospital sued again over hydraulic fluid mix-up
A former patient has revived a lawsuit accusing the Duke University Health System (DUHS) in Durham, NC, of negligence related to an incident in which surgical instruments were mistakenly washed in used hydraulic fluid from the hospital elevators instead of sterilizing fluid. -
Family accuses hospital of letting patient starve
The family of a songwriter has filed a lawsuit against a New York City hospital alleging that the elderly man died of starvation after the hospital lost his dentures. -
Legal Review and Commentary: Unless told otherwise, patients can assume that physicians work for the hospital
After weeks of neck pains, a woman finally went to the emergency department (ED) and was diagnosed by an on-call radiologist as suffering from congenital fusion. -
Legal Review and Commentary: Failure to monitor leads to $1.4 million verdict
An elderly man presenting at the emergency department (ED) with pain in his abdomen, chest, and back was determined to be at risk for suffering from a heart attack. -
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