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The healthcare industrys transition to accountable care will require significant cultural and operational shifts, bringing new risks that many organizations have yet to fully identify and manage, according to a new white paper from Marsh, the insurance broker and risk management consulting practice based in New York City.
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is asking three North Carolina hospitals to explain their use of a federal discount drug program after news reports described how the hospitals charge their patients a big mark-up on certain drugs, such as cancer-fighting drugs.
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The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently released its Work Plan for the fiscal year 2013, giving risk managers a heads-up about what topics will be of most interest to regulators over the next year. Some are perennial favorites, such as fraud and abuse, but there are many new areas of focus for 2013.
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Retained objects are a constant worry in any invasive procedure, but the risk has gone overlooked in obstetrics. A project from the Minnesota Health Association (MHA) is changing that situation and has practically eliminated the problem statewide.
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News: The patient was a 45-year-old woman who had been experiencing chest discomfort. Her primary care physician told her to obtain a complete heart check-up at the hospital.
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News: A woman prematurely gave birth to an infant in 2002. The womans labor was induced, and she experienced a prolonged vaginal birth. The fetus was under distress during delivery.
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CLEVELAND Every year the Cleveland (OH) Clinic releases the Top 10 list of medical innovations for the coming year.
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The list of organizations that participated in the recent National Association for Healthcare Quality's "Call to Action" gives you an idea of how important people from various parts of the healthcare world think the topics addressed in the report are.
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Editor's Note: Last month, Hospital Peer Review looked at some of the differences between the two largest hospital accreditation organizations, The Joint Commission (TJC) and DNV, and asked several DNV clients to talk about what made them choose DNV. This month, we look at some organizations that thought about leaving TJC and either came back after trying out DNV, or changed their minds. What brought them back?
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