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Lost Devices Lead to OCR Finding More Noncompliance
A hospital’s loss of a BlackBerry and a laptop containing unsecured electronic protected health information led to an investigation by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights that found more widespread HIPAA violations.
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Study: Apology Laws Don’t Reduce Malpractice Claims
Laws that allow doctors to apologize to patients after an adverse event are intended to protect physicians who want to say they’re sorry but not have that considered an admission of guilt, but their effectiveness is questionable, according to a new study.
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UPMC Settles Neurosurgery Malpractice Cases
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center settled two medical malpractice lawsuits against the hospital’s neurosurgeons, cases that stemmed from a federal false claims lawsuit alleging surgeons were incentivized to perform unnecessary procedures.
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Recipe Ingredients Must Be Monitored
In addition to the patient-specific menus, ensuring patient safety requires tracking all the recipes and ingredients used in all the food items.
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Allergies Most Common in Dietary Errors
Most dietary errors are related to food allergies, according to an analysis of errors reported to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority over five years.
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Safety Risks in Food Services Can Be Underestimated
Food services can play an important role in patient safety, but may not receive enough attention.
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Teleconsent Boosts Recruitment of Rural Research Participants
One barrier to recruitment of qualified research participants for clinical trials is the cumbersome, time-consuming consent process. Another is the lack of access to participants in remote locations.
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Military IRBs May Err on the Side of Bureaucracy
Military IRBs may “err on the side of bureaucracy,” but the delays can place unnecessary burdens and risks on human research subjects.
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Clinical Trials: More is Not Necessarily Better
While one may reasonably assume that more clinical research could increase the likelihood of medical breakthroughs, a contrarian’s view is that the effect could be quite the opposite — and it falls to IRBs to intervene and reduce the risks of the current glut of trials.
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Inexact Science: The Complicated Quest To Replicate Research
A deeper look into the actual mechanics necessary to reproduce a trial reveals a process that is beset by variables that make clear conclusions difficult.