Healthcare Risk Management – January 1, 2000
January 1, 2000
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Final word from government on EMTALA means trouble
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Patient departures pose EMTALA dilemmas
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Early hospice referrals can suggest fraud
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Poor handwriting on scrip brings negligence ruling
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IOM calls for major effort to reduce medical errors
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Feds offer safe harbors for anti-kickback statute
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Joint Commission ends commendation award
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Suicides, med errors top sentinel events list
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HCFA: Watch for racial bias in kidney transplants
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Penicillin alternatives pose risk of drug error
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Legal Review & Commentary-Patient burns to death: Jury awards $1 million verdict
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Legal Review & Commentary-Magnesium sulfate OD causes coma: $7.4 million
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Legal Review & Commentary-Patient's informed consent rights violated
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Salary Survey-Salaries look good as risk management jobs change