The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have quietly stopped reporting some serious medical conditions to the public.
With the advent of managed care and a constantly changing ownership structure for many health care providers, it is difficult to know who should be included as a defendant in a medical negligence case. This article outlines the legal basis for asserting liability of a hospital for negligence of those working in the hospital, such as emergency room physicians, radiologists, and laboratory personnel regardless of the “employee” or “contractor” label applied.
Algorithms have long been used in medicine to evaluate whether targeted workups are needed for different conditions. They are computations that help providers determine the
Often in my world patients often are explicitly or implicitly blamed for the harm that has happened to them. It is not the provider’s fault
In times like these, it can be useful to think of positive trends in global health. One such trend is the use of the power
A recent Consumer Reports article describes a link between respectful treatment by health care works and fewer preventable medical errors. Unfortunately the converse is true: disrespectful doctors and nurses make more medical errors causing harm.
By Tyler Goldberg-Hoss Since the Washington State Supreme Court adopted the corporate negligence doctrine in 19841, our society has seen a change in the way in
Newborn Nerve Injury Bell’s Palsy | Brachial Plexus | Spinal Cord Injury The labor and delivery process is often an exhausting and traumatic experience for
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) recently issued guidelines for when a patient can be safely discharged home on the same day of a percutaneous
Consolidation is not new to health care. The most obvious example is of a hospital buying small clinics to expand its footprint. Those campaigns are
