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The Joint Commission cautions about temporary newborn names
If the parents have not yet decided on a baby’s name, it is common at many hospitals to give the newborn a temporary name like Babyboy Smith for use in the hospital. The Joint Commission is warning that the practice can lead to patient identification errors and should be reconsidered.
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Hospital to pay $72.4 million to settle Medicare False Claims case
Tuomey Healthcare System in Sumter, SC, will pay $72.4 million to settle a $237 million judgment following the Department of Justice allegations that it illegally billed the Medicare program for services referred by physicians with whom the hospital had improper financial relationships.
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Final Stark rule still leaves uncertainty
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued the final rule on the Stark law regarding kickbacks. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services clarified some points, but left questions unanswered.
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Do EMRs take so much time that they threaten patient safety?
Electronic medical records can be polarizing: Some people love them, some people hate them.
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Disclosing medical errors to children is usually the right move
The medical community has embraced the concept of disclosing medical errors to patients promptly and honestly, but there is still some question about how to handle pediatric patients. Should you tell a child that you made a mistake? If so, how?
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Standard of care and reimbursement questioned with 3D printing
Soon there also can be a risk for hospitals that don’t use 3D printing, says Lisa Baird, JD, an attorney with the law firm of Reed Smith in Los Angeles. As the technology becomes more widespread, it could become the standard of care in some circumstances to create your own model or tool, she notes.
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Printing 3D Medical Devices Have Liability Angles
Hospitals are adopting 3D printing for a variety of uses without fully exploring the new dimensions of risk.
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Is it a study or not? Decision tree helps
When researchers told the Cornell University IRB in a survey how difficult it was to determine whether a study should be submitted for IRB review, the IRB office created a tool that would make it easier for researchers to make the correct choice.
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Small IRBs can demonstrate value to research institutions
Among the anticipated changes with the Common Rule’s recent Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) is a shift from having IRBs make exempt determinations to researchers using an exempt status tool to make their own determination.
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Columbia researchers observing students in social situations to detect signs, clues to sexual violence
Students at Columbia University in New York City have expressed curiosity and concern about an ongoing ethnographic study wherein researchers observe their behavior in public settings that have included bars and parties in campus housing. One student termed it “pretty weird and uncomfortable,” while others said the researchers were friendly and forthcoming.