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It will take $4.1 million for Stanford (CA) Hospital & Clinics and one of its former contractors to settle a class action lawsuit claiming the hospital violated state privacy law by allowing the protected health information (PHI) of 20,000 emergency department patients to be posted online for nearly a year.
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A health system has reduced serious adverse events by 83% over five years. The improvement is the result of a system-wide quality improvement effort.
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When one Oregon hospital conducted an Amber Alert drill for a missing child recently, hospital officials got more of a response than they intended. No one had notified the police that it was just a drill, and so four police cars went roaring to the hospital with lights and sirens.
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Hospitals are struggling with finding ways to address errors without punishing those responsible, according to the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in Rockville, MD.
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A Connecticut hospital saw a 50% drop in malpractice liability claims and payments when it made patient safety initiatives a priority by training doctors and nurses to improve teamwork and communication, hiring a patient safety nurse, and standardizing practices, according to a study by researchers at the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, CT.
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These essential steps to your facilitys cyber security were provided by Joseph Wager, MS, RCP, senior risk management and patient safety specialist for the Cooperative of American Physicians in Los Angeles.
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Infant abductions from healthcare facilities are decreasing. While this signals success with prevention efforts, some worry that providers will become complacent.
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Healthcare providers still experience liability risks from employees use of social media and other electronic communications. Sharing information online has become second nature to many.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) warning on the vulnerability of healthcare data systems to cyber attack isnt the first alert to providers, but it got the attention of many who did not realize how hackers see them as a prime target.
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A needs assessment is necessary to determine the child abduction risks and potential solutions for any particular hospital, says John B. Rabun, ACSW, director of infant abduction response at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) in Alexandria, VA.