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Title Author Type Date Words
What's Up Doc? The Doctor's Duty Of Care To Third Parties. Oct 10, 2009 1413
NJ Enacts Legislation Mandating Public Reporting Of Hospital-Specific Patient Safety Data. Sep 3, 2009 446
Navigating the new Tennessee General Assembly. Benton, Meredith Sullivan Jun 22, 2009 860
Final Rule Governing Patient Safety Organizations Becomes Effective. Feb 25, 2009 1230
Joint Commission ruling on labs. Brief article Jan 1, 2009 82
A step forward in patient care? Nov 12, 2008 555
HHS issues interim guidance to begin implementing the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act Of 2005. Nov 7, 2008 938
Proposed federal health regs could jeopardize patient care, says AU. Nov 1, 2008 388
OIG Issues Supplemental Compliance Program Guidance For Nursing Facilities: Quality Of Care Is Top Risk Area. Oct 17, 2008 4130
Where to from here for aged care? The Minister of Health has announced significant changes in aged-care. What will happen to those changes post-election? Mulrine, Lynley Oct 1, 2008 1070
Adverse event confidentiality. Zaremski, Miles J. Guest editorial Jul 1, 2008 968
Ninth Circuit Rules That Hospital's Restriction On Nurses' Union-Related Buttons Violated NLRA. Keating, Gregory Jun 6, 2008 1302
OIG Issues Draft Supplemental Compliance Program Guidance For Nursing Facilities. May 23, 2008 1007
Advance Directive for Nevada citizens online completion. May 1, 2008 383
Proposed Patient Safety Rule Raises Thorny Issues For Hospitals And Other Providers. Mar 19, 2008 1479
Executive summary of the Governor's Task Force on Nurse Workforce and Patient Safety. Mar 1, 2008 880
Agency seeks comment on proposed safety rule. Napoli, Denise Mar 1, 2008 700
Patient Care Ombudsman: A New Role In Health Care Bankruptcy. Feb 26, 2008 1179
New Updated Edition of 'Risk Management, and Safety Issues for Medical Practice' Now Available. Jan 28, 2008 426
New Jersey pushes prenatal HIV testing; First state to do so, nonprofit says; D.C. drops ban on paying for needle exchanges. Dec 27, 2007 624
Can it work? Three New England states have made bold reforms in how we provide health care in America. What can we learn from their lead? Tobler, Laura; Hager, Christie L. Dec 1, 2007 3151
OIG Advisory Opinion 7-10: A Panacea For The On-Call Conundrum. Nov 20, 2007 1037
New nursing residency program seeks to increase retention and improve patient care. Nov 1, 2007 416
Issues in older person nursing. Higgins, Isabel Oct 1, 2007 1150
American Nurses Association and the American Medical Association issue a joint statement on criminalizing medical decisions. Brief article Oct 1, 2007 140
'Present on admission' could have big effect. Oct 1, 2007 430
Weathering the perfect storm: an examination of procedures intended to ensure consent is truly informed. Reiter, Margaret; Kelly, Timothy Aug 1, 2007 1690
Health Canada warns patients taking anti-epilepsy medications. Brief article May 21, 2007 198
Childbirth top health expense for undocumented immigrants. May 1, 2007 505
Dental hygienists put bite into patient care. Mar 7, 2007 472
For the long haul: understanding the regulations surrounding long-term-care insurance is the first step to successfully selling it. Darras, Frank N. Mar 1, 2007 595
Guidance offered on police access to patients. Dixon, Bruce K. Feb 1, 2007 712
Legislative odds and ends issues. Brief article Feb 1, 2007 84
Safe patient lift legislation in Congress. Feb 1, 2007 748
State licensing rules call for safe lifts. Dec 1, 2006 986
Jury still out on viability of health courts system. Ault, Alicia Dec 1, 2006 560
ANA organizes legislative briefing on need for safer chemicals policy. Nov 1, 2006 643
Patient safety checklist: keys to successful implementation. Fabius, Raymond Jul 1, 2006 3870
Federal budget changes worry officials at ONEgeneration. Colburn, Jonathan D. Jan 16, 2006 662
EMTALA Q & A: Can EMTALA apply to the same patient twice? Nov 1, 2005 659
"Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005" Signed into Law. Sep 9, 2005 2590
Patient safety law presents challenges. Bristol, Nellie Sep 1, 2005 522
Will end-of-life policy change? Jul 1, 2005 1569
Senate version of patient safety bill reintroduced. Brief Article May 1, 2005 101
Pharmacapsules - January 2005. Blanchard, Adrienne; Wilkie, Jennifer Mar 18, 2005 1154
New rules would require the nation's transplant centers to employ practices that assure patient safety. Feb 14, 2005 1736
Overinterpreting HIPAA can harm patient care. McNamara, Damian Feb 1, 2005 588
Transfers: you can say no if there's a good reason. Lewis, Steve Sep 1, 2004 783
Can TB patient be detained & isolated against his will? Tammelleo, A. David Jul 1, 2003 768
Suicidal patient falls from hospital window: case on point: Hofflander v. St. Catherine's Hosp., 664 N.W.2d 545 -WI (2003). (Hospital Law Case of the Month). Tammelleo, A. David Jul 1, 2003 770
First phase of HIPAA gets underway; next compliance deadline is Oct. 16. (Front Page). Lieberman, Lisa Author Abstract May 1, 2003 439
Is your ED ready for HIPAA? How to protect privacy; you'll need strategies to avoid being noncompliant. (Critical Path Network[TM]). Sep 1, 2002 1903
California Legislature Oks Non-physician Abortions, Declares Support for Women's Right to Abortion. Brief Article Sep 1, 2002 681
The Select Committee on Health[acute accent]s Report on NICE - Confidentiality Concerns. Aug 15, 2002 4041
Racing toward the deadline. (Cover Story). Bilyeu, Suzanne Aug 1, 2002 2489
Federal Government Proposes Modifications to Final Privacy Rules. Brief Article Jul 17, 2002 467
Changes to HIPAA privacy rule should ease case managers' burden: CMs are among those `most affected' by changes. Jun 1, 2002 1257
APA opposes dilution of patient privacy rule. (HHS Reviewing Comments). Peters, Sally Brief Article May 1, 2002 669
CMS urges states to continue HIPAA implementation despite fiscal problems. May 1, 2002 471
Medical privacy rule changes: Public comments due April 26. Apr 12, 2002 355
DHHS Issues First Guidance on HIPAA Patient Privacy Provisions. Apr 11, 2002 1670
Healthy state. (L.A. Stories). Brief Article Feb 25, 2002 184
Will there be a meaningful patients' bill in 2002? Loiacono, Kristin Feb 1, 2002 831
Lonely Lawyers. (Health Care). Darmiento, Laurence Brief Article Jan 14, 2002 129
HIPAA Privacy. (AMA Briefs). Kirn, Timothy F. Jan 1, 2002 94
HIPAA Privacy Rules Challenge Long-Term Care Providers. (Computer Quarterly Update). Morrison, Malcolm H. Brief Article Nov 1, 2001 887
John Edwards, Esq. GREEN, JOSHUA Oct 1, 2001 6117
Patients bill of rights. Brief Article Oct 1, 2001 223
Bush-Norwood: bad deal for patients. (Washington Focus). Loiacono, Kristin Oct 1, 2001 908
Lamaze Urges Expectant Parents to Learn Reasons for Induction. Sep 22, 2001 521
Patients' Bill of Goods. Faria Jr., Miguel A. Brief Article Sep 10, 2001 823
House Passes Bush-Favored Patients' Rights Bill. Kelly, Dennis Brief Article Sep 1, 2001 881
Compliance Guides Issued For Medical-Privacy Rule. Brief Article Sep 1, 2001 103
Pro-Life News in Brief Schindler-Schiavo Death Deadline Extended to October. Brief Article Sep 1, 2001 857
House patients' rights bill includes POS provision. Brief Article Sep 1, 2001 176
Guidance issued on HIPAA privacy rule; Lillibridge heads HHS' bioterrorism initiative. Szabo, Joan Brief Article Sep 1, 2001 797
House Passes Patients' Rights Bill. Brief Article Sep 1, 2001 85
Confidentiality of Health Information Postmortem. Maixner, Andrew H.; Morin, Karine Sep 1, 2001 3382
Meg Gaines. Brief Article Aug 14, 2001 199
Medical Mayhem. BROWN, MONIQUE R. Aug 1, 2001 2673
Patients' rights legislation: what the senators said. Loiacono, Kristin Aug 1, 2001 896
Bush Balks on Patients' Rights. Kelly, Dennis Brief Article Aug 1, 2001 799
The Forest Vs. the Trees on 'Patients' Rights'. Faris, Jack Brief Article Jul 30, 2001 662
Making Medical History. DARMIENTO, LAURENCE Jul 16, 2001 1774
The Time Has Come to Pass a Patients' Bill of Rights. Filner, Bob Brief Article Jul 16, 2001 696
LAWSUITS & PRICE CONTROLS : Where economics & politics meet. DIONNE Jr., E.J. Brief Article Jul 13, 2001 720
On the Right - Trial Lawyers vs. Sanity. Buckley, William F., Jr. Brief Article Jul 9, 2001 805
Costs Separate Dueling Bills. Kelly, Dennis Brief Article Jul 1, 2001 803
HIPAA'S Effect on Laboratory Waste Disposal. Harty-Golder, Barbara Jul 1, 2001 1195
SECLUSION AND RESTRAINT RULES MODIFIED. Imperio, Winnie Anne Brief Article Jul 1, 2001 165
No Assurances in The Health Care Assurance Act Specter Bill Threatens Involuntary Euthanasia under Federal Law. Brief Article Jul 1, 2001 759
Health Net Named in Lawsuit. Brief Article Jun 11, 2001 129
Failure to Make Reasonable Accommodation for Deaf Mute. Tammelleo, A. David Brief Article Jun 1, 2001 847
Patient Bill of Rights 2001. Benjamin, Georges C. May 1, 2001 1640
Supreme Court Finds Prenatal Drug Screen Policy Unconstitutional. Tammelleo, A. David Brief Article Apr 1, 2001 827
Is Hospital's Data on Infection Rates Subject to Discovery? Tammelleo, A. David Brief Article Apr 1, 2001 835
Must Patient `Come to' Hospital for EMTALA to Apply? Tammelleo, A. David Brief Article Jan 1, 2001 859
In the nursing interest: reading and thinking critically in the new millennium. Procter, Nicholas; Burford, Suzie; Dixon, Alison Editorial Sep 1, 2000 1533
Patients' rights push seen. (Short Takes). Brief Article Jan 1, 1999 142
Mandates on clinical practice could threaten patient care. Apr 1, 1997 1465

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