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NIOSH Network Provides Local Solutions to a National Problem
The federal Occupational Health Safety Network is expanding exponentially. With the recent addition of two new reporting categories for needlesticks and blood exposures, a national reporting system that touts local interventions is on the horizon.
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Infection Preventionists Could Be Helpful to ASCs’ Infection Control Efforts
New reports show that infection prevention efforts at healthcare organizations are resulting in huge declines in healthcare-acquired conditions.
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Heart Throbbing Opportunity
We are creating cardiac cath labs within surgery centers with great success. Although it is not for every facility and certainly not for the faint of heart, it is a viable marketing and financial option for many.
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With a Clinical Registry, ASCs Can Improve Outcomes and Quality
Surgery centers could improve their patient outcomes and efficiency if they use clinical registries to collect, analyze, and operationalize data.
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Ideas to Help ASCs Prepare for Disasters
One of the things ASC directors should keep in mind while putting new emergency preparedness regulatory compliance on their to-do lists is that this advance work can prove to be a figurative and literal lifesaver in the event of an actual disaster.
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ASCs Must Be Ready for CMS Emergency Preparedness Regs
Ambulatory surgery centers might not like facing yet another unfunded burden -- but the fact is that on Nov. 15, 2017, ASCs that receive Medicare and/or Medicaid patients must have in place emergency preparedness plans that meet all the requirements of new regulations.
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Hospital and Physician Prevail on Medical Negligence/Wrongful Death Appeal
A California court of appeals recently upheld a motion for summary judgment in a case involving the death of a child during birth.
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Failure to Monitor Medication During Birth Leads to $14.5 Million Verdict
A family brought suit against a hospital and physician, alleging that lack of monitoring of Pitocin during labor led to a baby's brain damage.
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$18 Million to Settle Kickback Claims of Loans for Referrals
Indiana University Health, and HealthNet, an IU Health affiliate that serves low-income patients, have agreed to pay $18 million to resolve claims they engaged in a kickback scheme that involved IU Health paying for the referral of OB/GYN patients to IU Health’s Methodist Hospital.
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Health System Included PHI in Press Release, OCR Says
Memorial Hermann Health System in Houston has agreed to pay $2.4 million to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and adopt a comprehensive corrective action plan to settle potential HIPAA violations related to claims it included a patient’s protected health information in a press release.