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Hospital fined, live liver transplants banned
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Legal Review & Commentary: Brain damage leads to partial paralysis and a $3.25 million New York settlement
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Patient Safety Alert Supplement
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Proposed changes to EMTALA rule still lack clear direction, expert says
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Read between EMTALA lines for ‘ominous’ message
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Staff, training improvement part of access makeover
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Health care leaders share discharge delay reasons
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Group visits are good for diabetes control
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With lab result success, other departments follow
Once the lab at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, MA, met its goal of communicating first-time critical results to the physician in less than 60 minutes, 100% of the time, the next step was to take the policy to other departments. -
Legal Review and Commentary: $340,000 verdict follows Alzheimer's patient's case
An elderly man suffering from Alzheimer's disease was taken to the hospital for treatment of cough and body aches. When hospital staff completed their treatment of the patient and cleared him for discharge, the man learned that his ride home had left the facility.