Healthcare Risk Management articles from May 2008

Healthcare Risk Management archives from May 2008

13 hospital workers fired for snooping in Britney Spears' medical records.
May 1, 2008... 13 hospital workers fired for snooping in Britney Spears' medical records Oops, they did it again -- second breach of singer's privacy A health provider in Los Angeles that frequently treats celebrities announced recently that it had...

Memorandum warned staff: Don't peek.
May 1, 2008... Memorandum warned staff: Don't peek This is an excerpt from the memorandum sent to all University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), employees at 9:20 a.m. on Jan. 31, 2008, by chief compliance and privacy officer Carole A. Klove: "Our...

Move fast and hard after breach.
May 1, 2008... Move fast and hard after breach Once a privacy breach occurs with a patient's medical records, the risk manager must act quickly and decisively, says Layna Cook, JD, an attorney specializing in health care risk management with the law firm...

New strategies help reduce OB errors.
May 1, 2008... New strategies help reduce OB errors Every risk manager worries about the obstetrics unit, where the number of adverse events may be small but the scope of the tragedy and liability can be huge. Health professionals at Yale School of...

Right words can show your concern.
May 1, 2008... Right words can show your concern One of the most common threats to patient safety in obstetrics is the inability, or hesitation, of staff to clearly state their concern about a patient's status, says Edmund F. Funai, MD, associate...

Live surgery may not be a great idea.
May 1, 2008... Live surgery may not be a great idea As part of his efforts to educate the public about heart health, Frederick Meadors, MD, a cardiothoracic surgeon at St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center in Little Rock, AR, had planned to perform heart...

Protect hospital with clear terms.
May 1, 2008... Protect hospital with clear terms If you allow a live surgery broadcast, you should include some requirements for the company doing the broadcast, says Stacy Gulick, JD, an attorney with the law firm of Garfunkel in Great Neck, NY, and a...

Scrubs figure again in baby's abduction.
May 1, 2008... Scrubs figure again in baby's abduction An infant abduction was quickly solved in part because the hospital used an infant alarm that quickly alerted staff to the kidnapping, according to hospital and police officials in Sanford, FL. ...

Patient data stolen with NIH laptop.
May 1, 2008... Patient data stolen with NIH laptop A government laptop computer containing sensitive medical information on 2,500 patients enrolled in a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study was stolen in February, according to a recent report in The...

Legal Review & Commentary: Physician's failure to come to hospital leads to settlement with physician, defense verdict for hospital.
May 1, 2008... Legal Review & Commentary Physician's failure to come to hospital leads to settlement with physician, defense verdict for hospital By Blake J. Delaney, Esq., Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, Tampa, FL News: An elderly woman was...

CE objectives/CNE questions.
May 1, 2008... 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...