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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Staff respond best to positive feedback and to seeing that their participation results in a meaningful change in the workplace.
Most aggressive behavior in a health care setting can be controlled before it turns violent if you know the right strategies to use.
Risk managers should encourage health care staff to think of a six-step aggression continuum, suggests Steve Wilder, CHSP, EMT-P, a security consultant with Sorenson, Wilder & Associates in Bradley, IL
A pregnant woman in labor was admitted to the hospital. In agony due to the large size of the baby, the patient asked for epidural anesthesia.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) says a state Medicaid agency and Medicare Advantage plan may share protected health information to identify dually eligible enrollees.
