Don’t miss these 10 most popular stories of 2011
Filed under: Ethics, Health care/Treatment trends, Healthcare Legal & Compliance, Hospital Management, Patient/Client Communication, Special Report
From hard-to-believe HIPAA violations to dogs performing medical tests, here are the top 10 most popular stories on HealthExecNews from 2011: Read more
Doc wins $7.6M in discrimination case
Filed under: Ethics, Healthcare Human Resources and Staffing News, Healthcare Legal & Compliance, Hospital Management, Special Report
A pathologist was awarded $7.6 million from a federal jury in her suit alleging racial and gender discrimination by her employer.
Why do bad doctors go unpunished?
Filed under: Ethics, Healthcare Human Resources and Staffing News, Healthcare Legal & Compliance, Hospital Management, Practice Management, Special Report
What kind of discipline do doctors face when they commit serious violations of patient safety? In many cases, nothing at all. Read more
Gross! Docs’ use of latex gloves is spreading germs
Filed under: Health care/Treatment trends, Hospital Management, Practice Management, Special Report
Attention all germophobes: Latex gloves may actually worsen the hand hygiene of health care workers who wear them. Read more
Paging Dr. Joker: No fat jokes about patients
Filed under: Communication, Ethics, Healthcare Human Resources and Staffing News, Lighter Side, Patient/Client Communication, Special Report
It may have seemed like a good idea to mock obese patients in print, but one surgeon-turned-comedian discovered the joke was on him. Read more
Disabled vet blows lid off multi-million dollar Medicaid fraud
Filed under: Ethics, Fraud & Waste, Healthcare Legal & Compliance, Patient/Client Communication, Special Report
For his efforts uncovering a Medicaid fraud that the government couldn’t, the veteran pocketed a $15 million whistle blower payout. Read more
Hospital takes aim at alarm fatigue after two patient deaths
Filed under: Communication, Ethics, Healthcare Human Resources and Staffing News, Healthcare Legal & Compliance, Hospital Management, Special Report
After two cases of patients dying in part due to nurses ignoring their alarms, a Boston-area hospital is taking action. Read more
How did hospital lose 20k patient records for a year?
Filed under: Communication, EMR & EHR - Electronic Health Records, Healthcare Legal & Compliance, Healthcare Technology News, Hospital Management, Patient/Client Communication, Special Report
One of the country’s leading hospitals is trying to explain how 20,000 patient records ended up on a homework-help site for nearly a year. Read more
Patient sues hospital for implanting GPS during tonsil surgery
Filed under: Communication, Ethics, Patient/Client Communication, Special Report
It’s hard to imagine why a hospital would implant a Garmin in a patient during tonsil and sinus surgery, but such is the claim made by Michael Woolman of Lincoln, Nebraska. Read more
Aid program won’t pay for man’s breast cancer treatment
Filed under: Ethics, Health care/Treatment trends, Medicare & Medicaid News, Patient/Client Communication, Special Report
Being a 26-year-old with breast cancer is unlucky enough. When patient aid programs refuse to help because you’re a man it seems doubly unfair. Read more
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CMS bestows first Healthcare Innovation Awards
Twenty-six organizations received the honor of being the first granted with the Healthcare Innovation Awards. Check out what these groups did to win a total of $122.6 million.
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CMS bestows first Healthcare Innovation Awards