Healthcare Risk Management articles from April 2006

Healthcare Risk Management archives from April 2006

Document disclosure efforts carefully to avoid legal pitfalls down the road.(Report)
April 1, 2006... Document disclosure efforts carefully to avoid legal pitfalls down the road Expect some parties to discourage good documentation With all the push for full disclosure of adverse events in the past few years, a new problem has arisen...

Policy on disclosure shows decisions on proper content.(Editorial)
April 1, 2006... Policy on disclosure shows decisions on proper content The following is a sample section of a policy and procedure for disclosure documentation offered by Fay Rozovsky, JD, MPH, president of the Rozovsky Group, a risk management firm in...

Sample disclosure note to put in patient record.
April 1, 2006... Sample disclosure note to put in patient record This is an example of how Fay Rozovsky, JD, MPH, president of the Rozovsky Group, a risk management firm in Bloomfield, CT, suggests a disclosure conversation should be documented: 1930...

Root-cause analysis might be shallow-cause analysis.
April 1, 2006... Root-cause analysis might be shallow-cause analysis Many risk managers who think they are conducting a root-cause analysis (RCA) really aren't, says Robert Latino, vice president of The Reliability Center, a risk management consulting firm...

Logic tree can get to real cause of a systemic error.
April 1, 2006... Logic tree can get to real cause of a systemic error Robert Latino, vice president of The Reliability Center, a risk management consulting firm in Hopewell, VA, recommends a tool developed by his firm calls the "logic tree" for...

Gainsharing agreements save money but pose risks.
April 1, 2006... Gainsharing agreements save money but pose risks (Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series on the risks of gainsharing agreements and how to structure them safely. This month's report outlines the potential danger and next...

Program reduces central line infections by 50%.
April 1, 2006... Program reduces central line infections by 50% Hospitals reduce their liability A concerted effort to standardize the way central lines are introduced has reduced infections by 50% and resulted in nearly perfect adherence to...

CE Objectives/Questions.
April 1, 2006... CE Objectives After reading this issue of Healthcare Risk Management, the CE participant should be able to: *Describe legal, clinical, financial, and managerial issues pertinent to risk management in health care. *Explain how...

Legal Review and Commentary: Failure to monitor diabetic's blood sugar leads to brain damage, $3.9 million California settlement.
April 1, 2006... Legal Review and Commentary Failure to monitor diabetic's blood sugar leads to brain damage, $3.9 million California settlement By Blake J. Delaney, Buchanan Ingersoll PC, Tampa, FL News: An adult patient, who had been diagnosed...

Legal Review and Commentary: Records release yields $26,000 settlement in UT.
April 1, 2006... Legal Review and Commentary Records release yields $26,000 settlement in UT News: In the midst of a contested divorce proceeding, the plaintiff-husband's medical records were released by a treating physician who employed the...