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Board members, C-level execs at risk from going bare
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More hospitals ‘going bare,’ taking big gamble on med mal
With a tough economy and mounting pressures on healthcare providers, more hospitals are going bare and foregoing medical malpractice insurance coverage in the hopes that they can cover any judgment on their own. -
Do you use Code Pink for a missing older child?
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Limit access, urge parents not to linger after discharge
Limiting access to hospital units is one strategy for reducing the risk of abductions and other threats to children, notes Dan Yaross, director of security at Nationwide Childrens Hospital in Cincinnati. -
BYOD: It’s not a party invite, but a hospital problem
Providers are increasingly faced with the dilemma of whether to ban all personal electronic devices such as iPads and BlackBerrys in patient care areas or allow clinicians to use them. -
Going bare is like ‘playing Russian roulette’
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287 infants abducted since ‘83 Many are from mom’s room
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The declicate balance between sleep and work
In a Science blog on Sleep and Work, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health recommended employers consider these issues: -
Take a new path to help employees change
It takes a small step to make a big change. That is the essential truth behind a motivational method that is reshaping wellness promotion. -
CMS flu shot reporting will allow patients to compare hospital rates
This influenza immunization season may be one of the most challenging for the nations hospitals as they face a new requirement to track every employee, licensed practitioner, student and volunteer.