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OSHA and Electrical Violations

Total Medical Compliance Resources

This includes all outlets in or near the following: Bathrooms Outdoor spaces, including the roof Sinks Eyewash stations Fountains Dental water lines If you are running an extension cord by a water source, the outlet it is plugged into or the cord itself must have a GFCI. GFCI extension cords can be purchased at any home improvement store.

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COVID-19: a technologist’s tale

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Whilst the system used by NHS General Practice is fairly well embedded, there is nothing similar for private practices or for any hospitals or dental services. The hospital sector has been interesting as it has also had to adopt telehealth at an alarming rate, perhaps not with the same agility as primary care, but adoption has taken place.

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Anti-Social Media – How a Post Becomes a HIPAA Violation

Compliancy Group

For example, if a patient posted a family holiday picture and tagged you in the post, a response like “so glad we could get him home for the holidays” will likely earn you a HIPAA violation. You may not realize it, but you just divulged that the patient received treatment and care from you.

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OCR Announces Resolutions to Eleven HIPAA Violations 

Med-Net Compliance

An eye care specialist company in New York failed to provide a patient with a copy of her medical records until three days after OCR initiated its investigation, and nearly five months after the complainant’s first written request. A dental practice in Baltimore, Maryland, failed to provide timely access to a patient’s medical record.

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Day 4 Notes from the 41st Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

Healthcare Law Blog

Mental Health, Virtual Care and the Healthcare System. According to McKinsey, “the cost to treat the diabetes of a patient with depression is, on average, almost $20,000 higher than for a patient without depression, due to factors such as medical complications, reduced access to preventive care, and challenges with illness self-management.”

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

Vincent Opens 10 Women’s Clinics in South Arkansas Lowell In-Home Care Company Faces Racketeering Lawsuit for Alleged Workforce Misclassification Megan Bonney Named President of CHI St. Opens in North Little Rock CHI St. 5 highest paid anesthesiologists in Washington, DC D.C.’s

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Health Provider News – February 3, 2023

Hall Render

State officials are noncommittal Nursing home in CT accused of neglect, staffing shortages Lawsuit: Routine procedure would have saved Oxford mom who died after 2020 childbirth DC D.C.’s