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Healthcare Risk Management 1997 Index Acquisitions Tips for protecting, JAN:7 Insurance Avoiding pitfalls when acquiring When and how to tell patients Need insurance for employees’ a physician practice, DEC:139 about mistakes, MAY 54 property?, FEB:20 Americans with Disabilities Act Criminal charges Internet Guidelines clear up confusion Criminal background of Restriction policy need not be over ‘disabled,’ FEB:18 employees, JUN:68 entirely new, OCT:116 Physician charged after providing Assessing risk pain meds, JAN:11 Lawsuits Checklists help track cases, Admit small errors, MAR:33 AUG:88 EMTALA Claims surgeon’s poor sight Nurses say they fear care at own How triage exam applies, MAR:34 caused injury, APR:47 hospitals, FEB:16 States may set different standards, Defamatory letter costs $88,000, Should risk managers review all JUN:71 APR:42 the reports, MAY:55 Hospital to pay $9.5 million for Falls drugged doctor, NOV:131 Attorneys’ fees Preventing patient falls, JUL:73 More likely when doctor sued What you should never pay, before, APR:46 MAR:33 File retention Nurses eligible for collective What to discard and when, JUL:77 bargaining, DEC:143 Baby theft (see correction in Reader Patients can sue HMOs for Baby taken from Atlanta nursery, Question, OCT:119) injuries, JUL:81 FEB:22 Stick to formal language in letters, Kidnapping costs $600,000, Fraud and abuse APR:44 JUN:70 False claims result in prison time Tenet settles with psych patients, and fines, JUN:66 SEP:106 Columbia/HCA investigation Federal crackdown on fraud, Should be warning to others, MAY:49 Maternity SEP:103 Government getting tough on Insurer argues ‘drive-through’ abuses, MAY:51 deliveries OK, FEB:24 Compliance programs Home health crackdown is ‘time Consortium formed to address, bomb,’ NOV:128 Medical errors DEC: 138 Home health, teaching hospitals AMA, JCAHO suggest ways to Risk managers’ role, DEC:133 under scrutiny, SEP:104 avoid, FEB:21 Hospitals at risk without Cost $200 billion per year, DEC:144 Confidentiality compliance program, MAY:52 Human factors engineering, SEP:100 | Beware of breaches from vendors Hospital to pay $2 million in and consultants, JAN:8 Medicare case, JUL:82 Potassium chloride overdose, Effect of sexual orientation on Most hospitals guilty of double- JUN:70 privacy, DEC:142 billing, NOV:130 High-tech tools threaten patient's Prosecution on the rise, OCT:120 Mergers confidentiality, JAN:6 Understanding the False Claims Advice offered on limiting risks, Man convicted of confidentiality Act, MAR:30 SEP:102 breach, JUL:82 Need back issues? 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Millennium Bug unbearable pain, MAR:28 Weapons policy for health care Can cause major problems, Risk manager shares lawsuit providers, JUL:78 AUG:91 experience, MAR:29 Hospitals not prepared, APR:46 Sentinel Events Regulation Serious errors threaten @ i Patient satisfaction Florida hospital releases accreditation, JAN:5 Patients care about how you treat discipline records, JUL:83 them, APR:48 Health plans must disclose Standards of care physician agreements, JUN:70 Clinical practice guidelines Pharmacy and drug abuse Hospitals fined in playwright’s reviewed, SEP:107 Confusion over AIDS drugs, death, MAR:35 Company under fire for surgical SEP:107 Hospital's rights during federal assistants, JAN:10 Drug theft is serious problem, investigation, JUN:69 Most heart doctors don’t meet APR:37 Joint Commission defers ORYX angioplasty standards, JAN:10 Harvard to pay $775,000 for lax for some, SEP:108 Troubled hospital suffers another control, FEB:23 mishap, MAR:36 Insufficient stocks are liability Restraints risk, JAN:1 Case manager assessment list, Technology lips for preventing staff drug JUN:62 CDC says safety devices reduce abuse, APR:40 Lawsuit shows dilemma of needlesticks, MAR:36 Use resources wisely when restraints, JUN:65 stocking, JAN:4 Student volunteers offer diversion Telemedicine Watch for warning signs of abuse, therapy, JUN:63 Applying case law, NOV:123 APR:41 Tighter rules call for creative Disclaimers to avoid some risk, ideas, JUN:61 NOV:126 Property purchases Interstate licensing issues, Thorough appraisal avoids ugly Risk sharing NOV:125 surprises, JAN:9 Most hospitals profit from Poses new risks in health care, NOV:121 - arrangement, OCT:118 Records Are some words always taboo?, Safety and security Visitors FEB:20 Checklist can help improve safety, Hospital pays for salesman in Medical records are poorly JUL:76 surgery, FEB: 14 secured, JUN:7]1 Conduct codes helps reduce Suggestions for policies restricting Risks from poor handwriting, violence, AUG:93 visitors, FEB:15 AUG:85 Mock hostage drill, OCT:109 Visitors in OR require strict ‘SBNR’ used by doctors, OCT:118 Mock hostage drill scenario, policies, FEB:13 Transcription errors, OCT:114 OCT:110 Policy for employees in hostage Withdrawing life support Reflex sympathetic dystrophy crisis, OCT:113 Guidelines for minors, SEP:99 Difficult disorder leads to Sample policy on weapons and Parents’ rights stressed in malpractice cases, MAR:25 violence, JUL:80 guidelines, SEP:99 How to lower risks, MAR:29 Signs of potential workplace Minor trauma can lead to violence, JUL:79 1997 / HEALTHCARE RISK MANAGEMENT™