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Certain characteristics may help you spot which surgeons are most likely to have malpractice suits filed against them, allowing you to focus your risk management education on those most in need of help, according to a physician who has studied the phenomenon.
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The SCPIE Companies, an insurer in Los Angeles, recently offered its own advice on reducing the risk of e-mail communication in health care.
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Fee-based on-line consultations come with additional risks, according to the eRisk Working Group on Healthcare, a consortium of professional liability carriers, medical societies and state board representatives.
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IRB approval of human-subject study protocols may be insufficient to truly protect research participants and the integrity of the investigators, particularly when an outside corporation sponsors the trial, a new study by researchers at Durham, NC-based Duke University claims.
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IRBs that are not quite ready to apply for an accreditation might take advantage of a free quality improvement (QI) program established by the Office for Human Research Protection (OHRP) in Rockville, MD.
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One of the keys to successful surveys is to spend time, sometimes as much as a year, preparing for the process. Here are some tips from IRB officials who have either been through the process or who have begun it, as well as from other experts, on how to best prepare for an accreditation survey.
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The University Hospital of Arkansas in Little Rock has instituted its first recognition program aimed specifically at access personnel, says Holly Jones, revenue integrity specialist and a member of the committee that selects the winner.
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Several years ago, when The Ohio State University Health System (OSUHS) decided to convert from its homegrown computer system to a commercial product, Joe Denney, CHAM, who was then director of patient access and financial services, was given a choice between two career options.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has created a Privacy Accountability Database to aid in tracking, reporting, and accounting the disclosures made from all CMS systems of records permitted by the Privacy Act of 1974 and HIPAA.