-
-
Recent Posts
Pages
-
Tags
altered medical records body language communication skills computerized health records computerized medical records Dr. Diane Krasner electronic medical records Expert witness Greg Williams jurors Legal nurse consulting legal nurse consulting reports LNC reports marketing Medical errors medical legal reports Medical malpractice medical malpractice reports medical negligence Medical records medication error Medication errors Negotiation Negotiation skills negotiation tips never events new business development Nursing malpractice nursing shortage Pain and suffering Patient safety Pat Iyer personal effectiveness presentation skills pressure sores pressure ulcers Productivity spoliation of evidence spoliation of medical records stress management tampering with medical records The master negotiator time management traumatic brain injury Writing skills-
Archives
Categories
- Business skills
- CMS never events
- Communication skills
- Criminal
- Damages
- decubitus ulcers
- Dr. Diane Krasner
- Emergency Medicine
- Expert witness
- Head injury
- Healthcare reform
- Healthcare Risk Management
- Humor
- Joint Commission
- Legal nurse consulting
- Marketing
- Medical errors
- Medical malpractice
- Medical records
- Medication errors
- National Speakers Association
- Negotiation skills
- Nursing home
- Nursing malpractice
- Pain and suffering
- Patient safety
- Personal injury
- Personal observations
- Pressure sores
- Priorities
- Product Liability
- Social media
- Surgical error
- Tampering with evidence
- Tort reform
- Toxic tort
- Trial lawyer skills
- Uncategorized
- videotip
- Workers Compensation
- Writing skills
Our sites
Other blogs you may enjoy
Tag Archives: never events
Adverse events in hospitals 10 times more common than known- part 1
A study released in early April 2011 compared three methods of detecting adverse events in hospitals. The first is voluntary reporting. This method depends on healthcare workers coming forward and admitting that an error has occurred. At a minimum, they … Continue reading
Posted in CMS never events, Medical errors
Tagged HACs, hospital acquired conditions, never events
Leave a comment
Never Events
Within the medical malpractice area, lawsuits involving the never events are frequently won by plaintiffs. The liability/errors that resulted in that outcome, along with the labeling of these errors as “never events”, makes it easier for jurors to understand that … Continue reading
Hospital Professional Liability Claims on the Rise by Pat Iyer
This is from Business Insurance, October 20, 2009. According to the 10th annual Hospital Professional Liability and Physician Liability Benchmark Analysis, the number of hospital professional liability claims is increasing and is expected to increase by 1% per year. The … Continue reading
New NJ Bill Mandates Reporting of Medical Errors by Pat Iyer
On August 31, 2009, New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine signed into law an act requiring hospitals to publicly report 14 serious medical errors. One of the first laws of its kind in the United States, this legislation also bars hospitals … Continue reading
