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The 2011 changes to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Health Service (PHS) regulations for reporting investigator conflicts of interest may still be causing confusion for researchers and IRBs.
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The Rhode Island Department of Health is fining Rhode Island Hospital in Providence $300,000 for what the state says is a pattern of significant surgical errors.
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The ruling in Selective Insurance Company v Hudson East Pain Management, Docket No. A-0433-09T1, makes clear that health care providers can sometimes say no when insurers demand records.
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The Appellate Division of New Jersey has delivered a resounding victory to the provider community, protecting them from endless and harassing requests for confidential business information while "investigating" whether providers should receive payment for services.
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As good as metrics and dashboards can be for a risk management program, they can bring legal risks if not handled properly, cautions Ari Markenson, JD, MPH, an attorney with the law firm of Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff in White Plains, NY.
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The metrics tracked in your risk management program will vary according to your own needs and concerns, but this list of commonly applicable and useful metrics comes from Alan Rosenstein, MD, medical director of Physician Wellness Services, a consulting company based in Minneapolis:
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Despite rising health care costs and shrinking reimbursement, many case managers report that they received a raise last year, but at the same time, their responsibilities increased.
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As a consumer health librarian at The Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Abigail Jones, MLIS, MS, has become skilled at selecting websites that provide appropriate information for patients and families who may not read well or have low health literacy.
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What role does patient education play in patient satisfaction scores for health care organizations? How important is patient education to the patient's opinion of the entire health care experience?
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Since North Oaks Health System redesigned its case management program and assigned its RN case managers by physicians, the average length of stay has decreased by a half a day, one-day stays have decreased to within state and national averages, and the readmissions rate has decreased by 43%.