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Health Coaching Helps Patients With Diabetes Improve Healthy Behaviors
A pilot study of hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes found that 80% of patients who received a case management health coaching intervention were not readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge. The patients with diabetes who were enrolled but never participated in the intervention returned to the hospital within the first two weeks post-discharge.
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Better Communication Can Improve Home Health Education for Patients
The authors of a new study suggest that hospitals are not providing patients with enough education about home health services, leading to unrealistic expectations after they are discharged home.
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Patient Who Sustained Permanent Brain Damage After Asthma Attack Awarded $110 Million
This medical malpractice action focused on whether the defendant physicians’ decision not to transfer the patient, who could have received different treatment at a better-equipped facility, constituted a breach of the applicable standard of care.
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Hospital and Physicians Liable in Case of Woman Who Died Hours After Giving Birth
The primary lesson in this case is for physicians and care providers to take into account a patient’s specific medical history and medical conditions when determining the proper level of care and appropriate treatment for the patient.
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Leapfrog Sees Improvements in Patient Safety
Poor hospital performance on 16 patient safety measures causes more than 161,000 deaths annually, according to a recent report from the Leapfrog Group and Johns Hopkins — but that is a decrease from 2016 figures.
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LabCorp and Quest Breaches Show Vulnerability of Data
All sectors are seeing an increase in breaches due to third-party service providers, business associates/partners, and even commercial off-the-shelf products compromised during manufacture.
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Supreme Court Extends False Claims Act Limit to 10 Years for Most Cases
The decision involving Cochise Consultancy addressed which of two statutes of limitation in the False Claims Act applies in the event a relator brings an action but the government has not intervened.
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Time Component Is One of Major Takeaways in Guidance
The U.S. Department of Justice guidance on corporate compliance includes an important time component instructing prosecutors to consider the effectiveness of a compliance program not only when misconduct occurred, but when making charging decisions and upon resolving a case.