Healthcare Risk Management articles from November 2007

Healthcare Risk Management archives from November 2007

Fake CPR certificates show need to check credentials for more than MDs.
November 1, 2007... Fake CPR certificates show need to check credentials for more than MDs Hospital finds staff falsifying proof of required training When the University of California, Irvine (UCI) Medical Center discovered that 22 health care workers had...

Exaggeration can be falsification, attorney says.
November 1, 2007... Exaggeration can be falsification, attorney says Verifying the qualifications of staff can sometimes mean trying to decide when embellishment crosses the line into falsification, says A. Kevin Troutman, JD, an attorney with the law firm of...

No shortage of lies on job applications.
November 1, 2007... No shortage of lies on job applications Once you start checking applicants' qualifications diligently, you may be surprised at just how much people lie and exaggerate, says Robert Mather, CEO of Pre-Employ.com, a company in Redding, CA,...

Adverse events rise, but meaning debated.
November 1, 2007... Adverse events rise, but meaning debated A new study shows the number of drug therapy-related deaths and injuries reported to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) nearly tripled between 1998 and 2005,1 but exactly what those numbers mean...

Study finds growing risk from drug errors.
November 1, 2007... Study finds growing risk from drug errors The recent research from Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC, showing an increase in reported drug errors,1 was based on data in the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's)...

Watch new biotech and high-alert meds.
November 1, 2007... Watch new biotech and high-alert meds Unintentional overdose is one of the most common adverse drug events, and it often occurs simply because patients are not monitored closely enough when using new medications, says Bruce Lambert, PhD,...

Acute pain emerging as new area of liability.
November 1, 2007... Acute pain emerging as new area of liability Liability from pain management is not a new idea for risk managers, but much of the effort in this area has focused on end-of-life issues and elder care, in which providers have faced major...

Closed claim review shows common risks.
November 1, 2007... Closed claim review shows common risks Mariko Bird, MD, an anesthesiologist at the University of Washington in Seattle, recently studied the malpractice claims related to acute pain management and found 150 cases in the American Society of...

Police investigating suspicious insulin deaths.(Clinical report)
November 1, 2007... Police investigating suspicious insulin deaths The Chicago Police Department and the patient safety team at the University of Chicago Medical Center are investigating suspiciously high levels of insulin that left two elderly female hospital...

Leapfrog Top Hospitals raise bar on safety.
November 1, 2007... Leapfrog Top Hospitals raise bar on safety Forty-one U.S. hospitals have been named 2007 Leapfrog Top Hospitals, based on results from the Leapfrog Hospital Quality and Safety Survey, a rating system that assesses a hospital's quality and...

CE Objectives/Questions.
November 1, 2007... 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...

HIPAA Regulatory Alert: Should HIPAA's privacy rule be revised for today's technology? It depends on who you ask.
November 1, 2007... HIPAA Regulatory Alert Should HIPAA's privacy rule be revised for today's technology? It depends on who you ask Does the HIPAA privacy rule need to be revised to meet the needs of the current changing health care environment involving...

HIPAA Regulatory Alert: HIPAA should trump other privacy laws.
November 1, 2007... HIPAA Regulatory Alert HIPAA should trump other privacy laws Multiplicity of rules makes compliance difficult The American Hospital Association says the multiplicity of privacy rules from local, state, and federal governments,...

HIPAA Regulatory Alert: HIMSS backs development of interoperable ePHRs.
November 1, 2007... HIPAA Regulatory Alert HIMSS backs development of interoperable ePHRs Group says ePHRs should use HIPAA standards The Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS) says it supports development of interoperable...

Legal Review & Commentary: Shoulder dystocia during delivery.
November 1, 2007... Legal Review & Commentary Shoulder dystocia during delivery of 10-pound baby leads to $700,000 settlement By Jon T. Gatto, JD & Blake J. Delaney, JD, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, Tampa, FL News: A pregnant woman with a fetus...

Legal Review & Commentary: Ectopic pregnancy goes undiagnosed, patient dies.
November 1, 2007... Legal Review & Commentary Ectopic pregnancy goes undiagnosed, patient dies Jury awards $1.7M verdict News: A woman who had an ectopic pregnancy and suffered from paranoid schizophrenia went to the hospital complaining of a two-week...

2007 Salary Survey Results.
November 1, 2007... 2007 Salary Survey Results There is plenty of opportunity if you position yourself correctly, say leaders of risk managment society Health care risk management continues to be a promising career field even as the industry faces...