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These are excerpts from Considerations in the Disclosure of Serious Clinical Adverse Events (SCAEs), published recently by the American Health Lawyers Association and available at http://tinyurl.com/6wzvbsg:
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New guidelines available from the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) codify the many issues to discuss and decisions to make when a healthcare facility is considering disclosure of a serious clinical adverse event (SCAE).
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Malpractice claims dipped dramatically among Massachusetts physicians after they began using electronic health records (EHRs), according to new research, although its not clear whether the record-keeping was connected to the decline in claims.
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States such as Maine, New York, Texas, Florida, California, and Michigan are setting up health information exchanges (HIEs), which are computer networks connecting disparate medical practices to help doctors share patient files online. Other states soon will follow. But have you considered the potential risks associated with these new avenues of data sharing?
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News: A baby boy, born prematurely at 24 weeks, and weighing less than 2 pounds, was in the hospitals neonatal intensive care unit.
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Butler County Health Care Center (BCHCC) in David City, NE, is small 25 beds serving a rural community of 2,500 but the administrators think big. Using a program that enhances teamwork, the hospital has reduced medication errors that reach the patient by 30% and patient falls by 88%.
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The American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) guidelines on disclosure of serious adverse clinical events (SACEs) are an excellent compendium of all the issues that should be raised, says Ellen L. Janos, JD, an attorney with the law firm of Mintz Levin in Boston who often has helped hospitals make decisions regarding disclosure of adverse events.
