Healthcare Risk Management – September 1, 2013
September 1, 2013
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Choose your words carefully with patients to reduce liability, improve safety
In addition to being part of good patient care, communicating clearly and effectively can reduce the chance of a patient seeking legal action. Better communication also improves safety and helps to avoid adverse events. -
Engage family members in crucial conversations
Anyone facing a hospital stay probably has heard the advice: Take someone with you to lend support, ask questions, and serve as a care partner and advocate. -
Variety of overhead pages can pose safety risk
Overhead pages are a common sound in any hospital, but no one seems to use the same terminology or codes. -
Manage risks of electronic records to avoid liability
Electronic records bring additional risks that must be managed. -
Health system, doctors accused of kickbacks, DOJ sues
Cardiologists and the Infirmary Health System in Mobile, AL, needlessly exposed patients to radiation in a kickback scheme that lasted nine years and cost Medicare, Medicaid, and Tricare an estimated $522 million, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). -
OTC med blamed in lawsuit against children’s hospital
A judge recently awarded the family of an 8-year-old girl from Snoqualmie, WA, $15.2 million -
WellPoint pays HHS $1.7 million for PHI accessible over Internet
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HHS issues final health IT safety plan
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New NPSG addresses clinical alarm safety
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Mobile devices pose breach risk, action needed
Many healthcare organizations are not taking the necessary steps to protect sensitive data on mobile devices and in the cloud. -
Researcher’s travel expenses cited in $2.93 million settlement
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LRC: Second largest verdict in NY state history awarded to family of girl for negligent delivery by local hospital
A jury in Suffolk County, NY, recently handed down the second largest malpractice verdict in the states history. -
LRC: $17.5 million awarded to family of teenager for hospital’s improper administration of anesthesia
A DeKalb County jury awarded the family of a gunshot victim $17 million.