Healthcare Risk Management articles from September 2002

Healthcare Risk Management archives from September 2002

Risk managers at the crossroads: take advantage of opportunities: be careful: the job description changes rapidly.
September 1, 2002... Risk managers have seen their jobs change in myriad ways in recent years, but nothing like what will happen in the next few years, say many leaders in health care risk management. They believe risk managers are at a crossroads and how you...

Audio conferences tackle critical compliance issues.
September 1, 2002... Heath care organizations today are challenged by more than just providing quality patient care. Compliance issues can create headaches for facilities that aren't prepared. How well does your facility meet certain regulations? Are your staff...

High-reliability orgs thrive on info, proactivity.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Information and analysis are the keys to becoming a high-reliability organization, says Grena Porto, RN, ARM, DFASHRM, senior director of clinical operations at VHA Inc. in Berwyn, PA, and past president of the American Society for Healthcare...

Increased deductible use prompts strategy change.
September 1, 2002... More insurers require health care organizations to carry a deductible or a larger one than they used to carry, and many providers seize the deductible as an option for controlling the current huge increase in insurance costs. But risk managers...

E-mail, other computer use may increase liability risk.
September 1, 2002... As physician-patient e-mail and other medical communications move on-line, so does the medical liability risk, according to the eRisk Working Group for Healthcare, a consortium of national medical societies and liability carriers representing...

Guidelines urge physicians to respect patients' privacy.
September 1, 2002... These are excerpts from, the eRisk Working Group for Healthcare's guidelines for physician office on-line communications with patients, other health care providers, and industry: * Authentication--The health care provider has a...

E-mail system can triage, allay communications fears.
September 1, 2002... An e-mail system that triages messages from patients to their doctors can help overcome many of the concerns that doctors have about electronic communication, and increase the amount and quality of communication between providers and patients,...

Deaths, injuries often come from multiple failures.
September 1, 2002... Ventilator-related deaths and injuries often are caused by multiple system failures, especially in the intensive care unit (ICU), according to a recent report from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. As of...

A failure to communicate leads to an $880,000 verdict.
September 1, 2002... News: The victim of an armed robbery was taken to a emergency department (ED) after receiving two gunshot wounds--one to the thigh and one to the chest. The chest wound resulted in a left hemothorax, which was treated by the on-call trauma...

Pierced ear is amputated: $2 million verdict in PA.
September 1, 2002... News: A 21-year-old woman visited an emergency department (ED) complaining of tenderness and swelling in her right pinna, the outer structure of her ear. She was given antibiotics and sent home. In the next nine days, she returned to the ED...

A failure to communicate leads to an $880,000 verdict.
September 1, 2002... News: The victim of an armed robbery was taken to a emergency department (ED) after receiving two gunshot wounds--one to the thigh and one to the chest. The chest wound resulted in a left hemothorax, which was treated by the on-call trauma...

Pierced ear is amputated: $2 million verdict in PA.
September 1, 2002... News: A 21-year-old woman visited an emergency department (ED) complaining of tenderness and swelling in her right pinna, the outer structure of her ear. She was given antibiotics and sent home. In the next nine days, she returned to the ED...