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AHLA — Top Ten Health Law Issues 2011
By Holly Hayes - March 3, 2011
by Holly Hayes The February 2011 American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) Connections magazine lists the “Top Ten Health Law Issues in a Reformed Healthcare System 2011.” Healthcare reform law passed in 2010 prompted the AHLA to change the focus of their annual “Top 10” article for 2011. Former “Top 10” issues amended by healthcare reform and some new topics that emerged by the passage of the legislation are
Collaborative Healthcare Bill Before the Texas Legislature
By Holly Hayes - March 2, 2011
A bill seeking to establish a Texas Institute of Health Care Quality and Efficiency is currently before the Texas Legislature. Senate Bill 8 was authored by Senator Nelson and filed on February 16, 2011. It seeks “to improve health care quality, accountability, and cost containment in this state by encouraging health care provider collaboration, effective health care delivery models, and coordination of health care services.” The bill was referre
Toolkit to Address Disruptive Behavior in Healthcare Published
By Holly Hayes - February 11, 2011
by Holly Hayes The U.S. Department of Defense has published an on-line Professional Conduct Toolkit designed to help put a stop to disruptive behaviors in healthcare that “undermine team effectiveness, contribute to unhealthy work environments, and put patients at risk.” The toolkit consists of four modules: Professional Conduct, Teamwork, and Patient Safety Responding to Behaviors that Undermine Safe Patient Care Supporting engagemen
Communication Training in the OR Setting
By Holly Hayes - January 20, 2011
by Holly Hayes The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) published an article in their December journal titled, “Enhancing Communication in Surgery Through Team Training Interventions: A Systematic Literature Review.” The article quotes The Joint Commission’s (TJC) October 2007 Sentinel Events Statistics which stated communication failure was the root cause of approximately 70% of healthcare sentinel events. The
Fulbright & Jaworski Release 2010 Litigation Trends Survey
By Beth Graham - November 12, 2010
Fulbright & Jaworski has released its 2010 Litigation Trends Survey: Companies Expect More Litigation, Regulation; Continue Emphasis on Managing Legal Cost In Struggling Economy. The 2010 Fulbright & Jaworski Litigation Trends Survey was conducted from May through July by Greenwood Associates, a business research firm in Houston that has produced previous editions of the report. The survey, launched by Fulbright in 2004, is the largest po
Collaborative Patient Care and ACOs
By Holly Hayes - October 22, 2010
by Holly Hayes In a message to all physicians posted on the American Medical News website this week, Ardis Dee Hoven, MD, chair of the American Medical Association (AMA) Board of Trustees said, “When physicians, hospitals, nurses, technicians, patient advocates and others collaborate, they can help prevent costly hospital admissions and keep patients from cycling between nursing homes and hospitals.” Her message, “Quality care follows
Defensive Medicine and the Role of Tort Reform
By Holly Hayes - October 18, 2010
by Holly Hayes Modern Physician recently reported about a study by Harvard researchers that says the nation’s “medical liability system” accounted for approximately “$55.6 billion—or 2.4% of total healthcare spending in 2008—with almost $45.6 billion of that figure being spent on the practice of “defensive of medicine,” which includes ordering tests and procedures or avoiding high-risk patients in an effort to avoid being sued.”
Can Clinical Integration Reform Healthcare?
By Beth Graham - September 20, 2010
We have heard a lot about reforming healthcare through clinical integration lately. On October 5, 2010, the Federal Trade Commission “will co-host a workshop on several issues associated with Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), organizations authorized by the new Affordable Care Act that seek to deliver high-quality and efficient health care services to consumers. Joining the FTC in hosting the event are the Centers for Medicare & Me
Mediation Used in Health Care Labor Relations
By Beth Graham - September 16, 2010
by Holly Hayes When we saw this link on mediate.com about nurses requesting mediation to achieve safe staffing levels, we wondered where else mediation was being requested in healthcare conflict. A search found that in September, mediation was used, but failed, between the Minnesota Nurses Association and St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth, MN. A nurses’ union in New Jersey requested mediation in July for their negotiations with hospital m
How Healthcare Staff Can Impact Quality
By Holly Hayes - September 10, 2010
by Holly Hayes Our good friend, Don Philbin, sent us this link to a Harvard Business School article about “Turning Employees Into Problem Solvers” in healthcare. The article looks specifically at incident-reporting systems in hospitals and, rightly so, suggests that any system used to report and track incidents in healthcare should contribute to the implementation of actions to correct for those incidents resulting in higher quality c
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