An Alert on Cyber Risk for Health Providers: No One Is Safe
Podcast
Today’s cyber risk has moved well beyond EHR down time to a near-existential threat to an institution, and good preparation assumes security will be breached.
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Cyber Security: No One Is Safe, Cancer Screening FAQs, and More
Jun 19, 2023
Cancer Screening FAQs
To support cancer awareness, CRICO has published a series of Cancer Screening FAQs.
- How should I respond to a non-adherent patient, i.e., one who fails to participate in screening?
- What patient follow-up practices can help reduce allegations of a failure to diagnose colorectal cancer?
- What do I tell a patient who is dissatisfied with a negative colorectal cancer finding?
- What common assumptions can increase the risk of an allegation of a failure to diagnose breast cancer risk?
- What communication practices can help reduce allegations of a failure to diagnose breast cancer?
Read all the Cancer Screening FAQs
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Cyber Security and Recovery Webinar
Do you understand the risks of a cyber security threat? Does your organization have a prepared response? Join our free CME webinar at noon on June 21.
28% of surgery cases with a communication breakdown involved consent.
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Is the Procedure Being Performed What the Patient Consented To?
Related To: Claims, Communication, Documentation, Informed Consent, Other Specialities, Surgery, What's My Risk
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