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A man with a prior medical history of atrial fibrillation experienced shortness of breath and seizure-like activity two days after breaking his leg. Doctors ordered an ECG, chest X-ray, and CT scan, although there was a four-hour delay in obtaining the results of the CT scan.
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If you want to give patients gift cards as a way to say "sorry" for that long wait in the emergency department or anything else that left them unhappy, feel free. The government says you're not violating any prohibitions on improper remuneration.
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The privacy breach involving medical records of celebrities treated at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center was even bigger than what was reported months ago, according to a report from the state.
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Sharmen Lane, a time management consultant and president of SharSpeaks LLC, with offices in New York and California, offers these tips for getting the most work done in the allotted time:
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This is the first of a two-part series on disruptive physicians. The next issue of Healthcare Risk Management will include more advice on how to address the problem.
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Potentially preventable medical errors that occur during or after surgery may cost employers nearly $1.5 billion a year, according to new estimates by the Department of Health & Human Services' (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in Rockville, MD.
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Although blatant violations of patient privacy are rare, supposedly anonymous medical bloggers who provide information about their location, subspecialty or other personal details may reveal their identity to blog readers.
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Home health nurses are accustomed to point-of-care technology for completing charts and assessments. A growing number of agency staff members are also comfortable with the use of and interpretation of results from telemonitoring equipment. But, is your agency prepared for access to, or uploads to, your patients' personal health record?
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Physical therapy is becoming more commonplace as health care professionals who specialize in this field take staff positions at hospitals, outpatient clinics, home health agencies, nursing homes, and sports and fitness facilities.