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Early in the morning on Easter Sunday, a man strode past the weapons screening area of Olive View-UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles and, without warning, began stabbing a nurse in the torso.
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Stress triggers include job insecurity, hostile workplace in health care support positions. Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and other leading causes of death, and now a new study has found that some hospital workers have significantly higher risk of developing the disease.
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Medical malpractice plaintiffs attorneys are increasingly confident about obtaining potentially game-changing documents that risk managers assumed would never be seen by the other side.
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News: The patient, a 30-year-old man, was admitted to a medical center in September 2010 for a laparoscopic gallbladder removal procedure. The procedure was performed by a surgeon with more than 20 years of experience.
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With plaintiffs getting their hands on more and more documents that previously were off limits, the best way to avoid that danger is to be strict about separating fact and opinion.
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Plaintiffs in medical malpractice cases and other healthcare litigation continue to win access to risk management documents long considered privileged, including handwritten notes made in the course of an investigation. This dangerous trend means that risk managers should reassess their habits on document creation to avoid showing all their cards to the other side.
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A Tennessee-based health system is learning the hard way that protecting patient data is a never-ending job.