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Leapfrog Sees Improvements in Patient Safety
Poor hospital performance on 16 patient safety measures causes more than 161,000 deaths annually, according to a recent report from the Leapfrog Group and Johns Hopkins — but that is a decrease from 2016 figures.
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LabCorp and Quest Breaches Show Vulnerability of Data
All sectors are seeing an increase in breaches due to third-party service providers, business associates/partners, and even commercial off-the-shelf products compromised during manufacture.
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Supreme Court Extends False Claims Act Limit to 10 Years for Most Cases
The decision involving Cochise Consultancy addressed which of two statutes of limitation in the False Claims Act applies in the event a relator brings an action but the government has not intervened.
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Time Component Is One of Major Takeaways in Guidance
The U.S. Department of Justice guidance on corporate compliance includes an important time component instructing prosecutors to consider the effectiveness of a compliance program not only when misconduct occurred, but when making charging decisions and upon resolving a case.
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DOJ’s New Guidance on Corporate Compliance Provides Valuable Tool for Risk Managers
The Department of Justice issued new guidance on corporate compliance programs that risk managers should use to tailor and optimize their compliance programs.
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Microsoft Breach Reveals Risk From Cloud-Based Data Storage
A recent attack on email servers at Microsoft raises questions about the security of protected health information on servers that healthcare organizations use.
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Jussie Smollett Incident Shows Need for HIPAA Training, Audits
Firing employees after improper snooping can be appropriate after the fact, but the better solution would be to stop the intrusions in the first place, experts say.
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Defense Verdict Vacated in Case of Patient Death Due to Alleged Negligent Preoperative Care
While this case focused on an important legal procedural question, it reveals the types of evidence that may be properly used against healthcare providers in pending malpractice actions.
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Appellate Court Affirms Newborn’s Blindness Not Caused by Physician Negligence
The most important lesson to be learned from this case is that choosing the right expert is crucial — and selecting the wrong expert can be fatal to a party’s case.