The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) West Coast Office has told the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) it is concerned about an issue in direct-to-consumer (DTC) medical marketing ...
This description of the Condition H system comes from Tamra Merryman, RN, MSN, FACHE, vice president of the Center for Quality Improvement and Innovation for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Health System.
Adopting a just culture instead of a nonpunitive or blame-free culture means you have to be ready to discipline employees for some behavior that can threaten patient safety, but how do you know when punishment is appropriate?
Under a just culture, employee misbehavior can be categorized in these three general ways.
When educating front line staff members, it is best to use a combination of methods, says Denise C. Myers, RN, MS, CNAA, CPHRM, director of risk management at Monongalia Health System in Morgantown, WV.
An obstetrician encountered difficulty in delivering a baby because the baby's shoulders had become stuck.
A survey from the California Health Care Foundation finds that despite new federal protection, 67% of Americans still are concerned about the privacy of their personal health information and are largely unaware of their rights.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has told the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that hospitals should have a contingency period of at least three years after a final rule on standards for electronic health care claims attachments ...
A federal appeals court has rejected a challenge by patient advocacy groups to a rule promulgated under HIPAA ...
When risk managers encourage full disclosure after an adverse event, one of the most common barriers is the physician's fear of being reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB).
