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The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) has asked Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson to provide guidance in light of the fact that a substantial number of covered entities will not be able to achieve compliance with HIPAA Transaction and Code Set (TCS) standards by Oct. 16, 2003, as required under the Administrative Simplification Compliance Act.
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Companies seek URAC security accreditation; HIPAA.ICC.NET started to facilitate transmission
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A 42-year-old woman was involuntarily transferred from a community hospital to psychiatric facility after her attempted suicide. At the receiving facility, she was placed in an all-male ward, where she said she was sexually assaulted. A jury returned a verdict of $150,000, that was offset by her contributory negligence.
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This background on cerebral palsy and summary of the new findings was provided by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
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Though it has been common in many health care institutions for decades, the practice of medical students and residents performing pelvic exams on women who have been anesthetized for surgery, without any medical need, and usually without consent is increasingly coming under fire from critics who say it just isnt right.
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In a move that will add one more regulatory concern to the risk managers plate, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently issued the first in a series of industry-specific guidelines for the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders in the workplace. Its target: nursing homes.
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One summer evening, fire ants attacked a 79-year-old nursing home patient resident as she lay in her bed. Because of the severe bites, she developed a staphylococcal infection and and the trauma further exacerbated her dementia.
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A recently issued report will be a boon to defendants in cerebral palsy malpractice cases, but it wont eliminate this brand of high-dollar cases or create an insurmountable burden for plaintiffs attorneys, experts say.
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Reader question: Does the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) require that our hospitals medical staff be required to provide on-call physician services 24 hours a day and 365 days a year?
