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The effectiveness of adjuvant chemotherapy for patients with stage III colon cancer is well established but it is less frequently prescribed in older patients.
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Weight loss failure or weight regain is an uncommon short-term finding with gastrogastric fistulas after divided RYGB that requires surgical revision as the definitive treatment option.
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By locating a social worker in a hospital ED to help members overcome barriers to primary care, Horizon NJ Health, a West Trenton, NJ-based managed care organization, was able to decrease ED visits by 45% among its members who had a face-to-face conversation with the social worker.
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The Department of Health and Human Services found that less than 25% of the total medical privacy complaints lodged with the agency merited further federal investigation of the health care organizations involved, according to an analysis of HHS' Office of Civil Rights (OCR) statistics by Melamedia LLC President Dennis Melamed.
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While patients assume their doctors will work to maintain trust and privacy in their relationships with patients, research has shown that health care providers often disclose personal information to patients' family members.
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During a delivery, a contract OB/GYN improperly used forceps. The infant's skull was crushed in the process, which left the child severely brain damaged.
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Progress toward meeting key patient safety goals is "abysmal" at most hospitals, according to The Leapfrog Group, a patient safety advocacy organization in Washington, DC.
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All of the emphasis on reducing medical errors has not escaped your patients' attention, and they may be defining the term so broadly that they will never be satisfied with your care, according to the results of a recent study from the Joint Commission.
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Risk managers spend a lot of time working with outside counsel, so choosing the right attorneys to handle your organization's legal matters can have a major impact on your department's success. But how do you go about choosing the right counsel?