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Risk managers have spent the past several years promoting the idea of full disclosure and saying "I'm sorry" after an adverse event, but until now you've had to assure skeptics that apologies would reduce the number of lawsuits, not increase them.
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One prominent insurer is seeing substantial improvements in how malpractice claims are handled by promoting a full-disclosure policy for physicians.
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Hospitals are still at risk from people posing as surveyors from JCAHO and other accrediting organizations, but authorities say there are no new leads on who the frauds are or why they are trying to gain access. There is a heightened awareness of the impostors, however, as evidenced by recent false alarms.
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Malpractice insurers are stinging from charges of profiteering from insurance premiums by new data showing costs rising dramatically as claims drop.
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These are the key findings in the recent report from the Center for Justice and Democracy in New York City.
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Electronic safeguards for e-mail in health care, like sophisticated encryption systems, are one piece of the security puzzle but cannot be the entire solution, according to the experts.
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Patients undergoing chemotherapy to fight leukemia and lymphoma are sometimes being accidentally injected with a powerful cancer-fighting drug in an incorrect way that results in death or permanent paralysis.
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Question: I think we've done a good job of educating our staff about compliance with the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), but I still worry that someone will slip up.
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The HIPAA transaction standards have not resulted in the uniformity and efficiency envisioned when HIPAA was adopted.
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Plaintiff awards for medical malpractice cases are on the rise, according to a report from Jury Verdict Research.
