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Using Social Media in the Workplace?

February 20th, 2013 | Author: | Category: notable lawsuits

Using Social Media in the Workplace?

You may think checking your Facebook during lunch is no one’s business, but be aware that more employers have begun adopting social media polices and are even monitoring their employees’ use of social media sites at work, according to a recent survey. 68.9 percent of employers said they’ve created policies specifically for social media use this past year, compared to 55.1 percent in 2011. Moreover, the monitoring of social media use by employers has increased from 27.4 percent to 35.8 percent in the last year. Are you an employee who is concerned their employer is overstepping its boundaries, or are you a company looking to institute a social media policy of your own and want to ensure you are being fair? If so, feel free to call us. Our attorneys have been recognized state-wide for their practice of employment law.

Jack Gillick

Martin Kane & Kuper

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East Brunswick, NJ 08816

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Observation units offer hospital savings, patient confusion

February 12th, 2013 | Author: | Category: health news

Observation units help improve emergency department flow and generate savings for the hospitals, but they also can lead to higher bills for patients, The Washington Post and Kaiser Health News reported.

More than a third of hospitals use observation units, double than in 2003. The observation unit targets patients who might otherwise fall through the cracks. Those patients require more care than an emergency visit but not as much care as a full admission, such as a heart attack patient who comes in through the ED but still must undergo blood tests and stress tests in the observation unit,The Washington Post noted.

According to a November 2012 study in the Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases, patients referred to an observation unit were discharged 38 hours sooner than inpatients, costing the hospital a median $2,092 per patient, compared with $4,922.

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Better communication vital to malpractice reform

February 1st, 2013 | Author: | Category: health news, medical malpractice

When it comes to medical mistakes, saying sorry isn’t easy.

In addition to malpractice threats, a punitive healthcare culture and communication failures remain barriers to honest, transparent disclosures of medical errors, The Boston Globe reported.

Hospitals must address poor communication. Oftentimes, patients are seeking information and understanding rather than blame and revenge, the article noted.

“In the beginning, all I wanted were answers,” said Danielle Bellerose, who won a $7 million birth-injury malpractice award from at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. “If someone had just talked to me, none of this ever would have happened,” she told the Globe.

 

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Are state medical boards doing enough to protect patients?

January 29th, 2013 | Author: | Category: health news

The Wisconsin state medical board is facing criticism that the state fails to discipline doctors who make mistakes, according to a special report by the Wisconsin State Journal.

Wisconsin has one of the lowest rates of physician discipline, with the other low discipline states being Minnesota, South Carolina, Massachusetts and Connecticut, according to Public Citizen data analyzed by the Wisconsin State Journal. Wisconsin has 1.9 actions per 1,000 physicians.

Although the low rate could signal better care in the state, as the board noted, the watchdog group says it’s more likely due to poor disciplinary action. Doctors who make mistakes often don’t face serious consequences. More than half of 218 doctors disciplined from 2010 to 2012 only got reprimands. More than 50 of those cases involved patient harm or death, the newspaper noted.

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Mobius brand Mitosol (mitomycin for solution) Kit for Ophthalmic Use: Recall-May Not be Sterile

January 14th, 2013 | Author: | Category: health news, recalls

AUDIENCE: Ophthalmology

ISSUE: Mobius Therapeutics announced that it is conducting a voluntary recall of 2 lots of Mitosol (mitomycin for solution), 0.2 mg/vial, Kit for Ophthalmic Use. The company cannot exclude the possibility that the affected lots may be non-sterile.These two lots of Mitosol (mitomycin for solution) Kits may contain a strain of yeast on one or more parts in the kit and should be considered non-sterile and unsafe for use. Use of these products could result in serious eye problems/infections, including possible blindness.

BACKGROUND: The Mitosol Kit for Opthalmic Use is an antimetabolite indicated as an adjunct to glaucoma surgery. The recalled lot numbers and a list of the 20 states to which the product was distributed are listed in the firm press release. The recalled product was distributed between 10/22/2012 and 12/14/2012. Mobius has not received any report of adverse events related to this recall.

RECOMMENDATION: Customers with affected product in their possession should stop using the product immediately and contact Mobius at 1-877-393-6484, Option 2, for safe return of the product.

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‘Sorry’ response cuts malpractice claims, legal costs

December 18th, 2012 | Author: | Category: health news, medical malpractice

A disclosure, apology and offer program at the University of Michigan Health  System is “more promising than any other liability reform option,” according to  researchers of the decade-long approach.
The “Michigan Model” examines  the care provided, involving patients and their families, according to a  December study in Milbank Quarterly.
Study authors  from Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Medical Society found that a  culture of transparency and apology reduces legal costs, cuts malpractice suits  and speeds up closing times for claims. They concluded that the Michigan Model  could–and should–be implemented nationwide.

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Using Social Media in the Workplace?

December 3rd, 2012 | Author: | Category: legislation and regulation

Using Social Media in the Workplace?
You may think checking your Facebook during lunch is no one’s business, but be aware thatmore employers have begun adopting social media polices and are evenmonitoring their employees’ use of social media sites at work, according to a recentsurvey. 68.9 percent of employers said they’ve created policies specifically for social media use this past year, compared to 55.1 percent in 2011. Moreover, the monitoring of social media use by employers has increased from 27.4 percent to 35.8 percent in the last year. Are you an employee who is concerned their employer is overstepping its boundaries, or are you a company looking to institute a social media policy of your own and want to ensure you are being fair?  If so, feel free to call us.  Our attorneys have been recognized state-wide for their practice of employment law.
Jack Gillick
Martin Kane & Kuper
180 Tices Lane
Building B, Suite 200
East Brunswick, NJ 08816

How to Handle Medical Bills

November 28th, 2012 | Author: | Category: helpful links

Employers are looking to save money by changing (er, shrinking) health benefits, and that means bigger co-pays and deductibles for patients. Then, there are the unemployed, who often have no health insurance at all. This means New Jerseyans may be facing higher out-of-pocket medical bills.

Rather than simply accepting an eye-popping tally for health services, go proactive. Everything is negotiable. Even medical bills. Here’s how to do it:

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Medical board investigates more fake doctors

November 13th, 2012 | Author: | Category: health news, medical malpractice

California is considering expanding investigations by the state medical board to combat the disturbing trend of fake doctors, California Watch reported.

Called Operation Safe Medicine, the medical board’s investigative unit was established in 2000, but it disbanded three years later because of budget issues. In 2009, however, the investigative board reopened due to public cries about unlicensed persons practicing as providers.

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Long nurse shifts lead to burnout, patient dissatisfaction

November 7th, 2012 | Author: | Category: health news

Long hours don’t just make for unhappy nurses; they make for unhappy patients, according to a study published in Health Affairs.

In the first study that examines nurse work hours and patient perceptions of care, according to researchers, long work hours not only lead to hospital nurse burnout and job dissatisfaction but also patient dissatisfaction.

Researchers surveyed nearly 23,000 registered nurses in California, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Florida. They found 65 percent of nurses worked shifts that lasted 12 or 13 hours, a common practice at hospitals.

Nurses who worked shifts that were 10 hours or longer were more than twice as likely to be dissatisfied with their jobs and reported burnout than nurses who worked shorter shifts. What’s more, seven out of 10 patients were significantly affected by the long shifts.
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