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When a past employee left your organization under questionable circumstances, or with a history of suspicious behavior, it is important to be honest with the next employer who asks for a referral.
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When asked about attitudes toward when and how to disclose, the gap between risk managers and physicians becomes more apparent...
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Many hospitals outside the area directly affected by Hurricane Katrina had difficulty sending in teams of clinicians because of concerns about liability, ...
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With so many patients evacuated and arriving at other facilities for care after Hurricane Katrina, one of the first questions posed to health care providers was how to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
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In the midst of Hurricane Katrina, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a special alert advising health care workers that were allowed to share protected patient information to provide necessary medical care.
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A man was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in his left kidney. After determining that the diseased kidney needed to be removed, an embolization procedure was scheduled to minimize bleeding during the surgery.
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The idea of a Code Blue is well ingrained in hospitals. When the designated team hears that page for cardiac arrest, they drop everything and go running to help.
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Condition H was prompted by the experience of Sorrel King, whose daughter Josie died in 2001 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore due to medical errors.
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Every risk manager thinks the job is too big for one person, especially as health systems keep heaping on more and more responsibility, so maybe you shouldn't try to do it alone.
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Staff respond best to positive feedback and to seeing that their participation results in a meaningful change in the workplace.
