Healthcare Risk Management
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Disclosure often needs more than one talk
We've been making a lot of progress in changing our culture regarding the disclosure of adverse events, but we're still getting some resistance from physicians... -
Harvard study: Malpractice cases not usually baseless
As tort reform efforts continue on the state and federal levels, a new study suggests that the idea of baseless malpractice lawsuits is somewhat overblown. -
Legal Review and Commentary: Jury awards $19.5 million against nursing home for failing to monitor resident with Alzheimer's disease
An elderly woman suffering from progressive Alzheimer's sustained head wounds following a fight with another resident at her nursing home. -
Legal Review and Commentary: Liability risks cut only modest number of doctors
Despite fears that physicians might be driven out of the market by steadily rising liability costs, a new report suggests otherwise. -
Patient Safety Alert supplement
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Disclosing another doctor’s error creates dilemma: Stay silent or speak the truth?
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Private security firms go undercover in your hospital
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RNs file suit against Tenet for understaffing
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Legal Review & Commentary: Plastic surgery procedure ends in brain damage: $5.75 million settlement
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Legal Review & Commentary: No time for a wheelchair; an $85,000 verdict made