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Try These Strategies for Improving Review Consistency
One IRB office created simple rules and a process to improve workflow efficiency. Using Toyota lean methodology, the office standardized interpretation of regulations and institutional policies.
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Code of Ethics for IRBs Working With Indigenous Tribes
IRBs and researchers must recognize that “the truth comes from many places” if they want to work in good faith with Native American tribes.
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Respect Tribal Sovereignty in Indigenous Research
In what may help overcome a history of well-earned distrust by indigenous people, a research collaborative has developed a curriculum to teach IRB members and others the distinct cultural issues that arise in studying Native Americans.
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Negligent Presurgery Procedure Results in Fatal Pulmonary Arrest, $5.5 Million Verdict
This case illustrates the need for communication in the healthcare industry. In this case, a breakdown in communication occurred interhospital, intrahospital, and between patient and medical professional.
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Physician on Probation Places Patient in Unnecessary Coma, Yielding $9 Million Verdict
The patient was left untreated for a month before a second opinion was obtained.
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Hospital and Cardiology Group to Pay $20.75 Million
A Pennsylvania hospital and cardiology group have agreed to pay the government $20.75 million to settle a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging that they knowingly submitted claims to the Medicare and Medicaid programs that violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Physician Self-Referral Law.
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$3.5 Million Settlement Highlights Risk Analysis
A health system’s recent settlement with the government shows how providers still are dropping the ball on compliance issues that everyone should understand by now.
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Tips on Career Advancement Include Finance, Enterprise Risk Management
Patient safety should be a top priority for risk managers hoping to advance their careers, and financial management may be another way to set yourself apart from the crowd.
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EHRs Can Work Against You in Court
Electronic health records can be used against you in court. The record may provide evidence contrary to what the defendant claims.
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Hospital Liability Possible with EHR-related Claims
While it may be hard to imagine the physician or hospital being held liable under the circumstances alleged in the eClinicalWorks litigation, it is only a short step to scenarios in which liability is quite possible.