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When protecting a hospital's possible targets, the first step is a threat assessment, says Zachary Goldfarb, EMT-P, CHSP, CHEP, CEM, principal with Incident Management Solutions, a company in Uniondale, NY, that helps hospitals and other organizations prepare for and respond to emergencies.
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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently issued a warning to hospitals about the risk of the theft of radiological materials, which could be used to make a dirty bomb. Experts caution that the presence of radiological materials in a hospital brings a significant obligation to provide security.
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Operating a small hospital doesnt mean you cant think big. Ellenville Regional Hospital (ERH), a 25-bed rural hospital in Wawarsing, NY, is enjoying success with a medication reconciliation and patient safety project that would be the envy of any large teaching institution by reducing medication-related events to a very low 0.1 occurrences per 1,000 doses dispensed.
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Risk managers and malpractice defense and plaintiffs attorneys are divided over whether the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will have a direct impact on the number of malpractice cases.
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The key to survival in the post-Affordable Care Act (ACA) world is to make sure the organization has a vigorous corporate enterprise risk management process, says James Ron Kennedy, MHA, ARM, AIC, vice president for risk management and patient safety at Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Co. (LAMMICO) in Metairie.
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NYU Langone Medical Center, part of New York University, has changed its procedures for handling potential cases of septic shock after the death of a 12-year-old boy who was misdiagnosed.
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Long-term care liability loss rates and claim severity have reached an eight-year high and are expected to grow steadily in 2013 against a backdrop of healthcare provider budget constraints and uncertainty about healthcare reform, according to a new report from Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon.
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Medical malpractice payments in 2011 were at their lowest level on record by almost any measure, according to a report by the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen in Washington, DC.
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If youre serious about creating awareness among your workforce to the security risks that healthcare providers face, Dominic Saunders, senior vice president of the NETconsent business unit at the London office of Cryptzone, a technical security company based in Gothenburg, Sweden, offers this seven-point action plan:
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