Hospital Risk Management 1991: Vol 13 Index

3 Pages·1991·1.2 MB·English

Hospital Risk Management
1990 Index
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) original purpose of medical record, NOV:141 wet floor injury, JUL:100
CDC plans new guidelines for infected health care self-insured workers’ comp, MAR:42 Florida
workers, OCT:132 Confidentiality incident reporting laws, SEP:123
developing a hospital AIDS plan, MAY:68 AIDS and Prego case, MAY:64 peer review of reportable incidents, SEP:114
litigation study, JUN:80 AIDS litigation, JUN:80 risk manager appreciation day, NOV:153
Prego case, MAY:64 hospital AIDS plan, MAY:68 Focus Topic
risk reduction strategies for health care workers, }UN:77 part of interns’ orientation, DEC:164 Physicians and RM, SEP:113
top RM issue of 1990, JUL:93 peer review proceedings, APR:51 Self-insuring for workers’ comp, MAR:38
Advertising (See Marketing) Consent (See Informed consent) Guest Columnist
Algorithm Contracts Bean NR, on disaster planning, NOV:149
model for incident reports, SEP:123 self-insured worker's comp, MAR:41 Foley SJ, on drug screens for newborns, JAN:13
Ambulance service Convenience care Follmer C, on self-insured workers’ comp, MAR:41
hospital loses economic diversion case, APR:55 deceptive marketing, FEB:20 Hancock L, on algorithmic model for incident reports,
Ambulatory care Counseling SEP:123
RM and new ventures, MAR:32 AIDS prevention, MAY:67 Rogers WE, on self-insured workers’ comp, MAR:38
surgical conference, OCT:136 Credentialing Rozovsky FA, on consent, JUL:90
American Medical Association (AMA) D&O claims, FEB:21 Health spas
guide to physicians’ RM, SEP:119 new ventures, MAR:34 RM and new ventures, MAR:35
office staff: key RM ally, SEP:119 Crime Hepatitis
American Society for Healthcare Risk baby kidnappings, JAN:1 technician's infection causes death of fetus, MAY:70
Management (ASHRM) hospital not liable for sexual assault by physician, HIV (See AIDS)
Briggs BM, interview on goals as president, JAN:7 NOV:155 Hospital administration
curriculum set for conference, JUL:99 survey of hospital crime, JAN:5 CEO support for RM, JAN:9; AUG:104
performance index task force, DEC:157 Data analysis interview with hospital CEO, AUG:107
Anesthesia performance index for RMs, DEC:158 RMs must prove effectiveness, DEC:157
automated record keeping aids RMs, APR:45 quarterly RM reports aid department heads, DEC:164 RMs offer CEOs suggestions for change, AUG:106
‘captain of ship’ argument rejected, JUN:83 Data Bank (See National Practitioner Data Bank) Hospital Risk Management
investigate accidents to prevent future errors, OCT:132 Delayed diagnosis reader survey, FEB: 26, Insert
surgicenters, eye centers, MAR:34 breast cancer cases, DEC:165 salary survey, DEC: 157, Insert
24-hour availability, FEB:27 Depositions Hotline
Antitrust mock trials teach skills, JUN:81 physicians and RM, SEP:116
chiropractors fight for privileges, APR:50 physicians and risk management, SEP:116 Iatrogenic injuries
D&O claims, FEB:21 Directors and officers liability (D&O) guard against pressure insults, MAR:29
suspension of physician, FEB:26 insurance coverage, FEB:20 Incident re orts
Biomedical research Disaster planning algorithmic model, SEP:123
unapproved uses of approved drugs, JUL:97 ensuring hospital's survival, NOV:149 performance index for RMs, DEC:158
Blood transfusions Documentation Indigent patients
AIDS and Prego case, MAY:65 exercises sharpen skills, NOV:144 infant dies after ER turns him away, MAY:70
AIDS litigation, JUN:80 key to defense in breast cancer delayed diagnosis Infection control
developing hospital AIDS plan, MAY:68 claims, DEC:165 AIDS and the Prego case, MAY:66
Jehovah's Witnesses, AUG:101; SEP:126 part of intern orientation, DEC:163 Informed consent
Body substance isolation (BSI) skills can not be overemphasized, NOV:141 checklist, JUL:92
AIDS risk reduction strategy, JUN:79 Do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders Conn. case affirms independent physician's
Borrowed servant rule Was no-code order negligent? JUL:99 responsibility, OCT:134
anesthesia case, JUN:83 Drugs and drug abuse do-not-resuscitate order, JUL:99
Breast cancer court backs physician impairment investigation, APR:55 drug research, JUL:98
delayed diagnosis claims, DEC:165 generics require caution, NOV:151 hospital cleared in consent case, NOV:155
Budget cuts medication overdose, APR:56 Jehovah's Witnesses transfusion cases, AUG:101; SEP:126
RMs must prove their worth, DEC:157 National Practitioner Data Bank and physician risk management approach, JUL:90
top RM issue of 1990, JUL:93 privileges, MAY:61 woman with cancer refuses C-section, SEP:127
Burns preventing prescription errors, OCT:129 Inservice programs
guard against iatrogenic injuries, MAR:29 pP d uses of app d drugs, JUL:96 RM education tool, JUN:73
Bylaws Drug screens Insurance
privileges for chiropractors, APR:48 newborns, JAN:13 carriers can help with physician RM, SEP:117
‘Captain of the ship’ doctrine Education clinical standards impact on rates, JUL:85
rejected in anesthesia case, JUN:83 informed consent issues, JUL:91 D&O coverage, limits and benefits, FEB:20
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) inservices aid communication, JUN:73 disaster planning, NOV:149
developing hospital AIDS plan, MAY:68 Effectiveness medical equipment, FEB:25
new guidelines planned for HIV-infected workers, how can RMs prove theirs? JAN:8; DEC:157 new ventures, MAR:33
OCT:132 Emergency medical technicians (EMTs) physician-patient relations and reduced premiums,
Charts (See Medical records) hospital liable for training, MAY:72 JAN:10
Charitable immunity Emergency room physician requirement upheld, SEP:127
raised in 30-year-old case, JAN:15 damages upheld in late diagnosis, NOV:154 self-insured worker's comp, MAR:38,41
Chief executive officers infant dies after ER turns him away, MAY:70 should physicians have own? DEC:163
(See Hospital administration) voice-activated charts aid RMs, APR:45 underwriters evaluate RM, DEC:160
Child abuse Emotional distress Interview
hospital correct in holding child, AUG:112 mother’s distress suit allowed, JUN:83 Briggs BM, on ASHRM
hospital report protected, NOV:155 Employee handbook presidency, JAN:7
Chiropractors outlines termination procedures, MAR:43 Brown BL, on RMs and CEOs, AUG:107
hospital privileges, APR:48 Eye care Jargon
Clinical standards RM and new ventures, MAR:34 barrier to physician-patient communication, OCT:137
aid to plaintiffs’ cases, NOV:146 Failure to diagnose Jehovah's Witnesses
countering the arguments against, JUL:88 damages upheld in ER case, NOV:154 blood management cases, AUG:101
New York group's reference book, AUG:110 Failure to treat cases involving minors, SEP:126
risk management tool, JUL:85 award for esophageal tear, AUG:111 Joint ventures
Communication Falls percentage of hospital’s participation is key to liability,
informed consent process, JUL:90 fall-prone patient wins suit, JAN:15 MAR:32
issues dominate reader survey, JUN:73 lifting team prevents accidents, DEC:160 Jury verdicts
medical jargon, OCT:137 suit over fall disallowed, NOV:154 study has mixed RM message, AUG:109
Kidnappings teaching tool, JUN:81 office staff: key RM ally, SEP:117; DEC:164
newborn abducitions increase, JAN:1 National Practitioner Data Bank overcoming physician resistance, SEP:113; DEC:162
Legal Commentary ASHRM’s concerns, JAN: 8 top RM concern of 1990, JUL:93
Brown LC, on confidentiality of peer review basic requirements, MAY:62 Prego case
proceedings, APR:51 forms to be used, MAY:59 hospital AIDS plan, MAY:69
Einiger SI on unapproved uses of approved drugs, JUL:96 opening date announced, SEP:125 lessons for RMs, MAY:64
Imbriglia SI, on developing hospital AIDS plan, MAY:68 RMs exhibit anxiety about opening, MAY:57 Prescriptions (See Pharmacy)
McGrane MA, on mock trials, JUN:81 National vs. local standards Pressure insults
Legal Reviews (Jurisdiction in parentheses) clinical guidelines, JUL:88 when is a burn not a burn? MAR:29
anesthesia round-the-clock debated [US (TX)], FEB:27 Needlesticks Quality assurance
broken X-ray table; hospital liable (LA), AUG:111 hospital AIDS plan, MAY:69 anesthesia, OCT:134
captain of the ship’ argument rejected (MD), JUN:83 Prego case, MAY:64 clinical guidelines, NOV:146
child abuse report protected (CA), NOV:155 recapping habits under scrutiny, JUN:78 Radiology
child abuse suspected; hospital correctly holds child [US New ventures breast cancer delayed diagnosis claims, DEC:165
(AR)], AUG:112 RM concerns, MAR:32 voice activation, APR:45
damages for late diagnosis (MO), NOV:154 Nursery Reader survey
do-not-resuscitate order (IN), JUL:99 security concerns, JAN:1 communications issues, JUN:73
economic diversion case (GA), APR:55 Nurses composite portrait of RMs, JUL:95
esophageal tear judgment (ME), AUG:111 back injuries from lifting, DEC:160 day-to-day RM problems, JUN:76
fall-prone patient wins suit (NH), JAN:15 documentation skills, NOV:142 preview of results, MAY:69
hospital bound by employee handbook (AK), MAR:43 liability and risk management, MAR:36 RMs and CEOs, AUG:104
hospital cleared in consent case (WA), NOV:155 needle recapping habits, JUN:78 RMs and time management, JUN:75
hospital liable for paramedic training (FL), MAY:72 responsibility for prescriptions, OCT:129 top RM issues of 1990, JUL:93
hospital not liable in sexual assault by physician (GA), security issues, JAN:1 Readers Write
NOV:155 study links RNs, reduced mortality, MAR:36 Umscheid R, on medical equipment coverage, FEB:25
infant dies after ER turns him away (AL), MAY:70 Obstetrics Religion and health care
is 30-vear-old claim legitimate? (MI), JAN:15 drug screens, JAN 13 Jehovah's Witnesses blood management cases,
lost chance for recovery theory allowed [US (NC)], Occupational Safety and Health Administration AUG:101; SEP:126
MAY:71 (OSHA) Res ipsa loquitur
medical technician's hepatitis causes death of fetus (MI), AIDS prevention guidelines, JUN:78 legal theory and patient burns, MAR:30
MAY:70 Operating room Retinoblastoma
mother's distress suit allowed (MO), JUN:83 voice activation aids RMs, APR:45 undetected by hospital, MAY:71
overdose of medication (OH), APR:56 Ostensible agency Risk financing (See Insurance)
patient sips bleach from meal tray (LA), DEC:167 physician-referral services, FEB:19 Risk management departments
physician impairment investigation backed (IL), APR:55 Package inserts CEO support, AUG:104
physician insurance rule upheld (GA), SEP:127 role in hepatitis case, MAY:70 definition, DEC:158
physician's suspension upheld (IL), FEB:26 Pathology . included in hospital profile book, JUL:98
rat bites cause mental anguish (LA), FEB:27 tisk management concerns, FEB:23 risk manager appreciation day, NOV:153
suit over fall disallowed (NE), NOV:154 Patient care Salaries
thorough statements aid defense (TX), DEC:167 clinical standards, JUL:85 how can RMs prove their effectiveness? DEC:157
wet floor injury (MO), JUL:100 Patient expectations survey, DEC:Insert
woman with cancer refuses C-section (DC), SEP:127 kindled by ad campaigns, FEB:17; DEC:158 Security
Lifting Patient history prevention of baby kidnappings, JAN:1
hospital creates patient lifting team, DEC:160 informed consent, JUL:91 role in risk management, JAN:6
Litigation Patient monitoring Self-insurance
frequency, JUL:96 key RM concern for nurses, MAR:36 winning strategies for hospital worker's compensation
performance index for RMs, DEC:158 Patient relations department prograin, MAR:41
Malpractice valuable ally for RMs, SEP:120 worker's compensation, MAR:38
clinical guidelines’ effect on litigation, NOV:146 Peer review Self-insured retentions
physician-patient communication breakdown can lead committee backed in disciplinary dispute, FEB:26 medical equipment, FEB:25
to claims, JAN:10 confidentiality of proceedings in California case, APR:51 Settlements
Marketing court backs physician impairment investigation, APR:55 patient rep’s role in negotiations, SEP:120
caution urged in ad campaigns, FEB:17 National Practitioner Data Bank, MAY:62 Sponges
risks, DEC:158 physicians and RM, SEP:114 left inside patients, JUL:89
Maternity unit Performance index Spotlight on Risk Management
security issues, JAN:1 RMs must prove effectiveness, JAN:8; DEC:157 Slayton F, on overcoming physician resistance, DEC:162
Media Pharmacy Standard of care
coverage of baby kidnapping, JAN:4 patient receives medication overdose, APR:56 clinical guidelines, NOV:148
Medical equipment preventing prescription errors, OCT:129 pp d uses of app d drugs, JUL:98
AIDS prevention techniques, JUN:78 Physician impairment Statute of limitations
guard against pressure insults, MAR:29 court backs hospital's investigation, APR:55 suit over fall disallowed, NOV:154
hospital liable for broken X-ray table, AUG:111 Physician-patient relations 30-year-old case resurfaces, JAN:15
insurance coverage, FEB:25 communication can reduce claims, JAN:10 Time management
investigate anesthesia accidents to prevent future errors, guide offers communication tips, JAN:11 survey shows RMs feel harried, JUN:75
OCT:132 learn to eliminate jargon, OCT:137 Transfers
mechanical lifting devices, DEC:161 unrealistic expectations, FEB:18 hospital loses economic diversion case, APR:55
Medical experts Physician privileges Universal precautions
clinical standards, JUL:88; NOV:147 chiropractors, APR:48,49 AIDS risk reduction strategies, JUN:78
Medical records confidentiality of peer review proceedings in California Vicarious liability
disaster planning, NOV:150 case, APR:51 breast cancer delayed diagnosis claims, DEC:165
documentation skills, NOV:141 informed consent responsibilities, OCT:134 hospital not liable for sexual assault by physician,
useful tool in mock depositions, JUN:82 National Practitioner Data Bank, MAY:61 NOV:155
Voice activation creates more defensible charts, APR:45 revocation upheld, FEB:26 pathology, FEB:24
Medical staff Physician referral Voice activation
RM’s relationship with, JAN:9; DEC:160 caution urged in hospital referrals, FEB:19 new technology aids RMs, APR:45
Medication errors (See Pharmacy) Physicians Workers’ compensation
Mental anguish indifferent to consent process, JUL:93 c ication with employees, MAR:42
rat bites hospital patient, FEB:27 insurance requirement upheld, SEP:127 lifting team reduces payments, DEC:162
Mock trials resistance to clinical standards, JUL:85 self-insurance, MAR:38
do’s and don'ts of testimony, JUN:82 Special Focus: Physicians and RM, SEP:113 winning strategies for self-insured hospital program,
physicians and risk management, SEP:116 AMA guide on physician RM, SEP:119 MAR:41
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