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    Healthcare Risk Management

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    April 1, 2004

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    Healthcare Risk Management 2004-04-01

    Better policies help you prevent being someone’s deep pocket for OB claims

    Obstetric claims continue to be among the most catastrophic and costly of malpractice cases, so providers must protect themselves from becoming the deep pocket by enforcing policies that promote patient safety and are consistent with the standard of care, says an attorney and insurance company leader. Read More

    Tips for keeping plaintiffs out of your deep pockets

    Susan Chmieleski, APRN, JD, CPHRM, director of health care risk management with the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies in Simsbury, CT, offers these tips for keeping the plaintiff’s hands out of the hospital’s pockets. Read More

    10 pitfalls that can lead to big OB malpractice cases

    Larry Veltman, MD, chairman of the department obstetrics and gynecology at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, OR, and medical director of the healthcare professional liability division for the Farmers Insurance Group of Companies, offers this list of the most common failures that lead to OB malpractice lawsuits. Read More

    Newborns’ brain injury caused by an infection

    Risk managers facing claims of newborn brain injury have more support for what the physicians have probably been saying all along: The tragic outcome wasn’t caused by anything that happened in your facility. Read More

    Hospital: No punishment for reporting of errors

    Good Samaritan Hospital (GSH) in Vincennes, IN, uses this policy to establish a “nonpunitive” environment that encourages employees to report errors. Read More

    Few hospitals are close to filling Leapfrog goals

    If you’re feeling bad because your organization has not yet adopted the Leapfrog Group’s ambitious campaign to improve patient safety in hospitals, you’re not alone. Read More

    FDA requires bar codes on some drugs, products

    Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson announced recently that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing a final rule requiring bar codes on the labels of thousands of human drugs and biological products. The measure will help protect patients from preventable medication errors and reduce the cost of health care, he says. Read More

    Elder abuse case ends with $1 million payment

    A lawsuit alleging elder abuse and neglect was settled recently for $1 million, and the plaintiffs insisted that there be no confidentiality clause. Read More

    Reader question: EMTALA: False labor requires docs to certify

    What does Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) say about false labor? If the patient is in false labor, it seems that EMTALA does not apply. But what is required to determine that it is indeed false labor and not true labor? Read More

    Legal Review & Commentary: Fall from a nursing home window leads to a $1.39 million settlement in Maryland

    Although a nursing home was aware of a male patient’s general disorientation and history of self-destructive behavior, the man opened a fifth-floor window and fell to the pavement. Read More

    Legal Review & Commentary: A fall on an escalator leads to a judgment

    An 83-year-old man went to a hospital to visit his wife. He slipped and fell on an escalator, injuring his head. Read More

    Patient Safety Alert supplement

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    Nonpunitive policy helps find real cause of errors

    A nonpunitive policy on investigating errors yields better results, especially if you couple it with an amnesty period that promises employees can confess their mistakes without threat of punishment, says Elaine Shaw, director of quality resources at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, IN. Read More
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    Table Of Contents

    Better policies help you prevent being someone’s deep pocket for OB claims

    Tips for keeping plaintiffs out of your deep pockets

    10 pitfalls that can lead to big OB malpractice cases

    Newborns’ brain injury caused by an infection

    Hospital: No punishment for reporting of errors

    Few hospitals are close to filling Leapfrog goals

    FDA requires bar codes on some drugs, products

    Elder abuse case ends with $1 million payment

    Reader question: EMTALA: False labor requires docs to certify

    Legal Review & Commentary: Fall from a nursing home window leads to a $1.39 million settlement in Maryland

    Legal Review & Commentary: A fall on an escalator leads to a judgment

    Patient Safety Alert supplement

    Nonpunitive policy helps find real cause of errors

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