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Relief fund created to benefit hospital workers displaced by tornado outbreak in Nebraska
The Nebraska Hospital Association has established a relief fund following a tornado outbreak April 26.
Boardroom Brief: Encouraging a Risk-aware Culture to Drive Value
A new Boardroom Brief from AHA Trustee Services and the American Society for Health Care Risk Management offers guidance and resources to help boards drive value through enterprise risk management.
COVID-19 Vaccine #MyWhy: Faye Sheppard
Learn about #MyWhy Campaign and what health care risk professionals are doing to increase vaccination rates in their communities.
CMS updates informed consent guidance for hospitals
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services April 1 revised its Hospital Interpretative Guidelines for Informed Consent to clarify the need to obtain informed consent from patients before medical students or other students perform important surgical tasks or sensitive or invasive procedures or examinations.
FDA withdraws accelerated approval of myeloma drug
The Food and Drug Administration Feb. 23 withdrew approval of Pepaxto (melphalan flufenamide), a drug once used with dexamethasone to treat certain U.S. patients with multiple myeloma, because a post-approval trial did not show it safe or effective.
New AHA resource highlights communication strategies for public health emergencies
Convening Leaders for Emergency and Response, AHA’s hub for emergency response and disaster preparedness resources, has released a “tip sheet” to help health care organizations effectively communicate with staff, patients and the larger community during a public health emergency.
Aon/ASHRM Hospital and Physician Professional Liability Benchmark Report
A data-based benchmark report for better estimating and understanding the self-insured medical malpractice costs based on data collected from participating health care systems.
White Paper: Recognizing and Managing Bias
This white paper series promotes awareness, addresses the need for authentic conversations
and insights, and ideally encourages sustainable changes regarding implicit bias within health care
organizations.
DOL sues UnitedHealth third-party administrator for improperly denying ED claims
The Department of Labor July 31 sued a third-party administrator owned by UnitedHealth Group in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, alleging it improperly denied claims for emergency services and urinary drug screening since 2015.