Medical Ethics
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Tax incentives don’t appear to increase organ donation
Would you expect that offering state tax incentives or credits would increase organ donation? -
Momentum to better respect patients’ end-of-life wishes "growing every day"
A growing number of states are promoting Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Paradigm Programs, with the goal of helping physicians to better respect their patients wishes for end-of-life care. -
OIG targets sleep studies, and CMS promises crack down
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Cyber policies a good deal, but choose carefully
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Court says insurer liable for data breach expenses
A federal court ruled recently that a commercial general liability policy must cover damages from a data breach. -
Always require search warrant for forcible searches
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Hospital in hot water after complying with police
Risk managers should train clinicians to refer police requests to the risk manager and legal counselor for legal assessment and to avoid automatically complying with requests. -
Risk managers now interact with all leadership levels
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Report says hospital did not search for patient who was missing
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LRC: Woman wins $9.3 million for overdose of incorrect drug