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Hospitals may become more liable to infection-related lawsuits as patients gain greater access to information and expect higher standards of care to prevent infections once considered inevitable, a legal scholar warns.
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Imagine being in horrible pain and knowing exactly what medication you need to control it, coming to an ED . . . and waiting an hour and a half for relief. Researchers recently looked at 612 patient visits for sickle cell disease (SCD) having an acute pain episode, and they found that took an average of 90 minutes for administration of an initial analgesic.
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The 8-year-old REAL (responsible, empowered, aware, living) study includes an intervention that focuses on fathers and their roles in educating and guiding adolescent boys to safe decisions.
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Missouri lawmakers have given final approval to the biggest issue of their session: an overhaul of the Medicaid health care program for the poor sought by Gov. Matt Blunt.
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More than half of state Medicaid programs now operate one or more pay-for-performance (P4P) programs and nearly 85% expect to be doing so within the next five years.
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Once the lab at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, MA, met its goal of communicating first-time critical results to the physician in less than 60 minutes, 100% of the time, the next step was to take the policy to other departments.
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An elderly man suffering from Alzheimer's disease was taken to the hospital for treatment of cough and body aches. When hospital staff completed their treatment of the patient and cleared him for discharge, the man learned that his ride home had left the facility.
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The federal Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury have issued final rules to guide employers in complying with HIPAA nondiscrimination provisions and implementation of wellness programs.
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Risk managers should consider using covert video surveillance (CVS) when patient abuse is suspected and not be deterred by worries about invasion of privacy or liability.
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Risk managers are understandably cautious about utilizing covert video surveillance (CVS).
