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    Healthcare Risk Management

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    January 1, 2013

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    Healthcare Risk Management 2013-01-01

    Hospital prevails in nurse’s lawsuit claiming pay for meal breaks

    A Tennessee hospital has come out on top in a lawsuit filed by a nurse regarding pay for time worked during meal breaks. Read More

    Establish procedures, audit your payment processes

    The recent dismissal of a lawsuit under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA) against Baptist Memorial Health Care in Memphis, TN, holds several lessons for risk managers, says the health system’s attorney, Paul E. Prather, JD, a shareholder with the law firm of Littler Mendelson in Memphis. Read More

    Does your crisis communications plan need updating?

    The healthcare industry is made up of people who handle crises on a daily basis. They are great under pressure and can make quick decisions when it comes to dealing with life and death aspects of human nature. Read More

    Be transparent when talking about a crisis

    Consider the following points when responding to a crisis, according to Adele Cehrs, president of Epic PR Group, a public relations firm in Alexandria, VA, that assists corporations with crisis communication: Read More

    Johns Hopkins reports that it has reduced bedside alarms up to 74% in some units

    A group of Johns Hopkins nurses, physicians, and engineers have significantly reduced the number of distracting, non-critical bedside alarms in some of the hospital’s noisiest areas — up to 74% in some cases — in an improvement that has been linked to patient safety. Read More

    Baseline assessment was key to reducing alarms

    In 2006, Maria Cvach, MSN, RN, CCRN, assistant director of nursing clinical standards at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Andrew Currie, MS, CBET, the director of clinical engineering, were asked to head a team to reduce clinical alarms. Read More

    Analyzing alarm data was no easy task

    Simply gathering the data about clinical alarms wasn’t enough to help The Johns Hopkins Hospital improve patient safety. Those numbers have to be broken down into meaningful parts. Read More

    Lessons learned from Johns Hopkins’ alarm reductions

    The task force that reduced clinical alarms at The Johns Hopkins Hospital learned many valuable lessons along the way, says Maria Cvach, MSN, RN, CCRN, assistant director of nursing clinical standards. Read More

    Health system to pay $9.3 million for alleged False Claims Act, Stark violations

    Freeman Health System, a healthcare provider and hospital system located in Joplin, MO, has agreed to pay $9.3 million to resolve allegations that it violated the Stark Law and the False Claims Act by knowingly providing incentive pay to physicians in a manner that violated federal law, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced recently. Read More

    Study finds rising med mal payments

    An analysis of surgical malpractice claims shows rising payment amounts, with patient outcomes as the strongest predictor of payment size. Read More

    Doctors don’t disclose conflicts of interest on social media

    As the use of Twitter and other social media by physicians and patients rises, some professionals worry that physicians increasingly seem to forget to do what many consider crucial for building doctor-patient trust: Read More

    ‘Wait for Labor’ campaign discourages induction

    To increase awareness about the health risks of elective inductions of labor and the importance of full-term pregnancies, the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) has launched the “Wait for Labor to Start on Its Own” online pledge. Read More

    Pennsylvania hospitals implement wrong-site best practices

    More than 30% of Pennsylvania healthcare facilities have successfully implemented 21 potential recommendations for preventing wrong-site surgery, according to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority (PPSA). Read More

    Legal Review & Commentary: Widow awarded more than $6.7 million due to hospital’s failure to prevent fatal heart attack

    News: In 2005, a 43-year-old man was crushed by an all-terrain vehicle when it crashed and flipped over while he was riding it. Read More

    Legal Review & Commentary: Over $4.6 million award for failure to maintain adequate blood supply resulting in death of mother

    News: This case involves the death of a 36-year-old woman following the caesarean section delivery of her first child. Read More

    2012 Salary Survey Results: The uncertainty in healthcare brings more demand for risk managers

    Risk manager, your time has come. With all the turmoil in the healthcare industry from changes associated with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), moves toward electronic records, and an increased focus on fraud from government regulators, you might be in more demand than ever before. Read More
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    Table Of Contents

    Hospital prevails in nurse’s lawsuit claiming pay for meal breaks

    Establish procedures, audit your payment processes

    Does your crisis communications plan need updating?

    Be transparent when talking about a crisis

    Johns Hopkins reports that it has reduced bedside alarms up to 74% in some units

    Baseline assessment was key to reducing alarms

    Analyzing alarm data was no easy task

    Lessons learned from Johns Hopkins’ alarm reductions

    Health system to pay $9.3 million for alleged False Claims Act, Stark violations

    Study finds rising med mal payments

    Doctors don’t disclose conflicts of interest on social media

    ‘Wait for Labor’ campaign discourages induction

    Pennsylvania hospitals implement wrong-site best practices

    Legal Review & Commentary: Widow awarded more than $6.7 million due to hospital’s failure to prevent fatal heart attack

    Legal Review & Commentary: Over $4.6 million award for failure to maintain adequate blood supply resulting in death of mother

    2012 Salary Survey Results: The uncertainty in healthcare brings more demand for risk managers

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