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In the first settlement with a local government, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reached an agreement with Skagit County, WA, about HIPAA violations.
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>In a major change from past policy, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a final rule amending the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) regulations and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations to permit CLIA-certified laboratories to provide copies of completed test reports to patients (or their representatives) upon request.
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A mother gave birth to a premature child with multiple physical and cognitive impairments after physicians failed to timely admit the mother to the hospital and subsequently failed to administer treatment that would have prevented brain damage and respiratory distress.
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State laws can vary significantly regarding a providers options when responding to a whistleblower.
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With providers increasingly skittish about violating HIPAA but uncertain about exactly what is required, some IT professionals see an opportunity to improve data security, says Mick Coady, principal and co-leader of the Health Information Privacy and Security Practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers, the financial services and consulting company in St. Louis.
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Overly strict compliance with HIPAA threatens patient safety and quality of care, according to a report from the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, DC.
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A 10-year old girl died as a result of complications due to pneumonia after doctors mistakenly diagnosed her with the flu.
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Huddles are used by many providers to improve safety, but there are few guides for how to conduct them. A specific format will improve the results of the huddle.
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Consumer Reports has released safety scores for U.S. hospitals by combining five key measures into one composite score from 1 to 100.
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A new security risk assessment (SRA) tool to help guide healthcare providers in small- to medium-size offices conduct risk assessments of their organizations is now available from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).