Nurse Practitioners in Business

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Use a secure, HIPAA-compliant shredding service for paper documents and hard drives containing patient files. Malpractice Insurance & Professional License: Notify your state licensing board of your upcoming office closure. Contact your malpractice insurance to notify them of the practice closure.

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Premier Medical Staffing

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Confidentiality and HIPAA Patient confidentiality is one of the most referenced legal concepts nurses should know. Sharing patient information with unauthorized individuals, whether via email, social media, or through casual conversation, violates HIPAA and can result in serious consequences for the liable party.

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Board Vitals - Nursing

MAY 26, 2019

They can include patient errors, HIPAA violations, causing undue risk for an employer, and social media mistakes. Causing Harm to Patients Malpractice is a serious offense. HIPAA is very, very, clear on that account. There are many reasons for termination; from unsubstantiated claims to legitimate events.

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Relias

AUGUST 12, 2023

For health centers, it is imperative to conduct risk management activities to prevent harm to patients and reduce medical malpractice claims. In the case of FQHCs, they have the opportunity to obtain medical malpractice coverage under the Federal Tort Claims Act.

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Celayix

APRIL 9, 2024

According to research by medical safety experts at CRICO Strategies , 7,000 of 23,000 medical malpractice lawsuits could be attributed to communication failures. The impact of poor communication on healthcare agencies As we mentioned above, 7,000 medical malpractice suits of 23,000 investigated could be attributed to communication failures.

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Nurse.com

APRIL 23, 2023

According to an analysis of more than 4,600 events that led to malpractice suits from 2018 to 2021, nurses were involved in 18% of the suits. Dolnick and Brent suggest nurses secure their own malpractice insurance rather than relying on their employers to cover them and to advocate for system changes that better protect them. “I

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