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Patient safety rounds can be an effective way to implement safety initiatives and assess ongoing efforts if the rounds are done properly, say those who have seen success with the strategy.
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The federal government is undertaking an ambitious $50 million, five-year research project that will employ a controversial arrangement that avoids the traditional informed consent process, and the whole idea is making some health care providers nervous.
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A good idea for improving patient safety could backfire if you are not careful.
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One health care provider in Arizona found that staff and patient input can be key to making a color-coded wristband plan work.
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While the Government Accountability Office (GAO) criticized the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for not making enough progress in developing a federal privacy policy, some privacy advocates were quick to say the GAO was not strong enough in its criticism.
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A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) audit at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta is raising concerns in the information technology industry that there may be more HHS enforcement actions relating to HIPAA data security requirements.
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A man was taken to a hospital after nearly committing suicide from an overdose. Although the hospital placed the man on its suicide prevention ward, the patient hung himself in his room two weeks after his admission.
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A woman recovering from surgery in a hospital slipped and fell while taking a shower, which caused her to fracture two fingers.
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Bar coding is familiar to everyone who shops, with electronic scanners reading product information and price after a quick swipe of the black and white tag through a scanner.
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Failure to communicate is the underlying cause of many malpractice claims, according to a recent closed claim study by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) in Chicago.
