Journal of healthcare risk management : the journal of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management
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J Healthc Risk Manag · Jan 2012
ReviewRisk management and legal issues with the use of social media in the healthcare setting.
Social media have infiltrated all of our lives, both personally and professionally. Most of us could never have envisioned the impact that social media have had on us, particularly in the healthcare arena. Who would have thought even five years ago that a discussion on the ASHRM exchange would involve the use of Twitter in the operating room or that a physician would be reprimanded by a state medical board and have her privileges revoked due to posting information online about a trauma patient? In the coming years, social media use will only increase, causing concern for risk managers across the continuum. Furthermore, although case law and statutory regulations addressing the use of social media are minimal today, it is anticipated that we will see legal challenges to this evolving medium in the future.
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J Healthc Risk Manag · Jan 2012
Our journey to zero: reducing serious safety events by over 70% through high-reliability techniques and workforce engagement.
The techniques and best practices used to achieve a successful safety culture transformation and drive down the incidence of serious safety events are described. The Safety Transformation Initiative at Children's National resulted in national and local recognition, a financial savings of an imputed $35 million, and a greater than 70% decrease in the serious safety event rate over a 3-year period (July 1, 2008-June 30, 2011). ⋯ Our safety transformation was initiated in our fiscal year 2009 as part of a 3-year corporate goal. The work is continuing and we aspire to virtually eliminate serious safety events by 2016.
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J Healthc Risk Manag · Jan 2012
Perspectives on healthcare reform: High Court to decide constitutionality of individual mandate.
The U. S. ⋯ Also, this article identifies and discusses the pro and con arguments pertaining to each issue. Readers who wish to refresh their memories about all the events leading up to the Supreme Court review may refer to the December 2010 monograph of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM).