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Incomes held steady for health care risk managers this year, according to results of the 2002 Healthcare Risk Management salary survey.
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News: Several days after its birth and discharge from the hospital, a couples child developed jaundice. The condition was reported, and the child seen by several nurses at a hospital, but all failed to inform the familys physician or direct the parents to the emergency department (ED).
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The addition of a patient safety specialist and a safety hotline for reporting potentially dangerous situations improved the quality of care dramatically at a Missouri hospital, so much so that it is the first hospital honored by the American Hospital Association with its Quest for Quality prize.
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Risk managers face a host of unanswered questions and potential liabilities as hospitals gear up for the smallpox vaccinations recently urged by advisors to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta.
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The hard insurance market is leading to major changes in the insurance policies offered to health care providers, says William McDonough, MPAH, ARM, FASHRM, segment leader-manager for health care and senior vice president and national practice leader for Marsh, a major insurance broker in New York City.
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The continuing malpractice insurance crisis is putting more pressure on risk managers to present the best possible image to underwriters, according to representatives from the insurance and risk management fields who recently gathered to discuss how to best respond to new demands.
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The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recently approved a plan that calls for smallpox immunization of 510,000 health care workers.
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Despite a work force shortage that contributes to medical errors, 90% of poll respondents at a national gathering of hospital patient safety experts said they believe their organizations have made a credible effort to improve patient safety. More than a third of the respondents said that hospital pharmacies are addressing patient safety the best within their organizations.
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It appears the Oakbrook Terrace, IL- based Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has heard all the wailing by hospitals across the country and is announcing a major overhaul of the survey process. Under the new system, the accreditation process is supposed to be more relevant to actual patient care and less of a hassle.
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Two of a risk managers constant worries can become one major problem if you dont set up your on-call program correctly, cautions an attorney who has seen hospitals run afoul of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) because doctors refused to come to the hospital when called.