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An interpretive guideline that calls for a more thorough informed consent process, whether the patient wants to hear the details or not, is causing consternation for physicians and risk managers across the country.
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A woman who required a feeding tube went to the hospital for a colonoscopy. Because of complications experienced during the procedure, doctors inserted a central line for intravenous fluid access.
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No matter what other valid, necessary precautions you have in place, the effort to thwart infant abduction all centers on limiting access by people who shouldn't be on the newborn unit.
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A patient with pre-existing Addison's disease was admitted for the treatment and care of a fractured humerus. When the admitting physician tried to order hydrocortisone for the patient, the pharmacist erroneously transcribed the order as hydrochlorothiazide.
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The community of Lubbock, TX, was shocked last year when a newborn baby was stolen from its mother, who had come to trust the accused kidnapper because she appeared to be on staff at the hospital.
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Infant abductions happen with enough regularity that the compiled statistics paint a clear picture of how the perpetrators typically commit the act and who they are.
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If you're serious about assessing security and taking the right steps to thwart infant abductions, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) in Alexandria, VA, offers direct assistance.
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Local attorneys are criticizing a Pennsylvania hospital's use of a medical waiver that asks patients to sign away their right to a jury trial in the event of malpractice.
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Controversy has interrupted after an attempted organ transplant at a California hospital, with several groups investigating whether a doctor attempted to hasten a patient's death so that his organs could be harvested.
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The informed consent process is a linchpin of health care risk management, but even the most earnest efforts to fully detail the risks of treatment can be for naught if the patient simply can't understand what you're saying or what is written.
