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Work hour restrictions not improving safety
Work hour restrictions for resident physicians, revised nationally four years ago largely to protect patients against physician trainees’ fatigue-related errors, have not had the desired effect of lowering postoperative complication rates in several common surgical specialties, according to new study results.
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Sleep apnea can pose malpractice risk in surgery
Surgical malpractice cases are increasingly citing obstructive sleep apnea OSA as a factor in the patient injury, according to a new study.
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Infant injured by an ‘old school’ trick that most hospitals and healthcare systems ban
A Houston, TX, hospital is facing a lawsuit after a newborn was seriously burned in an attempt to draw blood, and the incident could be a warning bell that techniques formally banned as too dangerous might still be performed in your hospital.
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Greater New York Hospital Association says no more reality television access
After complaints by a family that New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City allowed a dying man to be videotaped for a reality television program without his permission, the Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA) announced recently that emergency departments (EDs) in the city will now ban television crews.
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Hospital investigating after ESPN publishes football player’s medical record
When a professional football player’s medical record was published by the sports network ESPN, even those who are outside the healthcare community scratched their heads and wondered how that could happen. The hospital administration is determined to find out.
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New and increased liabilities emerging from Affordable Care Act
Risk managers should be aware that the Affordable Care Act is creating new liabilities that were not apparent when the law first took effect, says Rob Francis, COO of The Doctors Company, based in Napa, CA, and the nation’s largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer.
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Nursing home bars black nurses, loses lawsuit
When considering whether to accommodate a patient’s request regarding caregivers of a particular race, gender, or religion, the case that comes closest to setting a precedent for healthcare providers is Chaney v. Plainfield Healthcare Center, which involves a Plainfield, IN-based nursing home that forbade black nurses from treating certain patients.
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Healthcare Risk Management’ s Ebola coverage wins first place
Healthcare Risk Management has earned First Place in the Best Healthcare Interpretative or Analytical Reporting category in 2015 Specialized Information Publishers Association journalism awards for coverage of the first U.S. Ebola cases.
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Providers must tread carefully if patient objects to caregiver
Recent racial controversies have prompted some risk managers to wonder how to respond if a patient objects to the race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation of a caregiver. The situation is difficult, and labor law experts advise risk managers to step very carefully once the issue is raised.
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Study: Emergency doctors overstate treatment benefits
Emergency physicians overstated the risks of myocardial infarction and potential benefit of hospital admission to chest pain patients, according to a recent study of 425 patient-physician pairs.