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The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), representing 70 states and territories, approved updated guidelines that constitute a model policy for the safe practice of medicine with telemedicine technology.
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Participating in a health information exchange (HIE) brings the potential for violations of HIPAA. Risk managers should assess security issues when considering HIE participation.
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A ruling in medical malpractice case could offer a new defense strategy. A Texas court established that nurses are not required to make medical conclusions.
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Drug diversion is a longstanding problem for hospitals and can take many forms, says Leilani Kicklighter, RN, ARM, MBA, CPHRM, LHRM, a patient safety and risk management consultant with The Kicklighter Group in Tamarac, FL, and a past president of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM) in Chicago.
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The case that has sparked debate over liability when drugs are diverted involved a contracted technician who stole pain medication from patients and gave some of them hepatitis C.
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By 2020, all accredited hospitals are supposed to achieve a 90% success rate for flu vaccinations among staff.
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No one would argue that ventilators are lifesaving tools for many critically ill patients. But like so much in healthcare, too much of a good thing can be bad.
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What do you do when something you desperately want to fix just won't be fixed?
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When you talk to officials at The Joint Commission (TJC) about the annual sentinel event reports released in July, they are quick to tell you that the data represent just a portion of sentinel events in the country, because reporting them to the organization is voluntary.
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