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    Healthcare Risk Management

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    December 1, 2004

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    Healthcare Risk Management 2004-12-01

    Think in terms of access: Radioactive material on site could tempt terrorists

    Risk managers may have thought about their facilities as potential targets of terrorists, but have you ever considered that you might be the source of nuclear material used in an attack? Read More

    In-house theft may be a bigger risk than burglary

    If terrorists want to acquire radioactive materials in your facility, they may not do it by breaking in to the oncology department in the middle of the night. They might just pay a technician to steal the material for them, says a retired FBI agent. Read More

    Report missing radioactive material promptly

    One of the best ways to thwart any attempt at stealing nuclear materials from your facility is to take seriously any report of missing material, says the president of the International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety in Glendale Heights, IL. Read More

    JCAHO: Awareness during anesthesia is a problem

    A terrifying failure during general anesthesia, once thought to be so rare that it did not warrant much attention, actually is common enough that risk managers should launch a specific, focused effort at reducing the problem, known as anesthesia awareness. Read More

    JCAHO says risk managers play a role with awareness

    Dennis S. O’Leary, MD, president of JCAHO, tells Healthcare Risk Management that risk managers should take a lead role in ensuring that all staff members are aware of the problem of anesthesia awareness. Read More

    Anesthesia awareness is concern of many players

    Anesthesia awareness is not just a problem for the anesthesia department. That was a key message of JCAHO when it issued its recent Sentinel Event Alert on the issue. Read More

    Organ donation shows risk from local coroners

    Two hospitals in Colorado were accused of harvesting a man’s organs before he was declared dead. The coroner actually ruled the death a homicide, saying the cause was “removal of his internal organs by an organ recovery team.” The only trouble with the story? The coroner’s conclusions were wrong, according to everyone involved except the coroner himself. Read More

    Insurer refuses to pay for wrong-site/person surgery

    The movement to prevent wrong-site or wrong-person surgery got another boost recently when a major health plan announced that on Jan. 1, 2005, it will stop paying for medical procedures involving those egregious errors. Read More

    LA County: Patient dies as nurse turns off audio alarm

    Los Angeles County officials reported recently that a patient at Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center died after a nurse turned down an audio alarm on his vital signs monitor and then failed to notice that he was having a heart attack. Read More

    Reader Question: Nurses must judge quality of consent to be a witness

    If your nurses are so uncomfortable with the quality of the informed consent process that they don’t want to sign as a witness, you should consider that a red flag that you have some serious work to do. Read More

    Prepare your hospital for a very unusual flu season

    In response to the national shortage of vaccine, Thomson American Health Consultants has developed an influenza sourcebook to ensure you and your hospital are prepared for what you may face this flu season. Read More

    Legal Review & Commentary: Failure to diagnose vitamin deficiency leads to nerve damage: A $1.73 million verdict

    This case primarily deals with the issues of delay in diagnosis and delay in informing the patient of test results and the appropriate diagnosis. Communication with patients is critical and, if not handled properly, can be disastrous. Read More
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    Think in terms of access: Radioactive material on site could tempt terrorists

    In-house theft may be a bigger risk than burglary

    Report missing radioactive material promptly

    JCAHO: Awareness during anesthesia is a problem

    JCAHO says risk managers play a role with awareness

    Anesthesia awareness is concern of many players

    Organ donation shows risk from local coroners

    Insurer refuses to pay for wrong-site/person surgery

    LA County: Patient dies as nurse turns off audio alarm

    Reader Question: Nurses must judge quality of consent to be a witness

    Prepare your hospital for a very unusual flu season

    Legal Review & Commentary: Failure to diagnose vitamin deficiency leads to nerve damage: A $1.73 million verdict

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