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Planning for the discharge of a patient as soon as that person enters the emergency department is not heartless or an effort to push patients out the door as a cost-saving tool...
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What is a hospital to do when it has already invested in care for an undocumented, uninsured immigrant who has a traumatic brain injury?
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A 58-year-old man presented at the hospital for a heart transplant. His heart was removed and discarded, and a donor heart was transplanted into the man. The man never awoke from the surgery and died three days later. The man's estate sued the hospital and the physician who harvested the heart.
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Risk managers have accepted, if not always embraced, the idea of admitting errors and apologizing after an adverse event, but figuring out exactly what to say can be a challenge.
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A California hospital's recent settlement of a whistle-blower lawsuit reinforces the need for risk managers to be vigilant about preventing and seeking out sweetheart deals for physicians that may violate Medicare's anti-kickback statute, say attorneys familiar with the case.
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A 30-year-old man presented to an ED with complaints of fever, joint pain, a severe headache, and shaking chills. The ED physician further determined that the man was suffering from a rapid heart rate and some paresthesia. The man did not undergo any further testing and was sent home with instructions to take acetaminophen and drink fluids.
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South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside, NY, is reporting success with an aggressive approach to falls prevention.
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Are you ready for a "RAC attack?" It's coming for you eventually, and you need to prepare now to minimize the damage.
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A woman underwent an excisional biopsy on her left breast. The physician who performed the surgery diagnosed cancer and began chemotherapy. Later, other physicians evaluated the woman and recommended a mastectomy and removal of lymph nodes in the woman's breast. After the mastectomy, no evidence of cancer was found.
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What happens when a hospital patient's physician goes off duty and another physician assumes responsibility for the patient? Or when care is transferred to the next nursing shift? How about when a patient is transferred from intensive care to another unit?