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Iowa Supreme Court Dismisses Claim Alleging Reporting Physician Misconduct is Defamatory

Jackson Lewis

In a decision earlier this year, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled that a hospital did not defame a surgeon when it reported suspected physician misconduct to the state licensing board or to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB). Dr. Andrew sued the hospital for defamation. The decision, A ndrew v. Hamilton Cnty. Iowa Admin.

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Interview: Stacey A. Tovino, JD, PhD, William J. Alley Professor of Law, University of Oklahoma College of Law

HIPAA Journal

During my practice, I have represented physicians, scientists, allied health professionals, general and special hospitals, academic medical centers, organ procurement organizations, blood banks, and nonprofit healthcare organizations in civil, regulatory, operational, and transactional matters.

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Cuffless Blood Pressure Monitoring – Not for the Faint-of-Heart (Pun Intended)

Healthcare IT Today

Before founding Valencell in 2006, Dr. LeBoeuf pioneered innovations in solid state materials, multiwavelength optoelectronic devices, high-power electronics, nanostructured materials and devices, and biochemical sensor systems while serving as a Senior Scientist and Biosensor Project Lead for General Electric.

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What are the Penalties for HIPAA Violations?

HIPAA Journal

Since the Enforcement Final Rule of 2006, OCR has had the power to issue financial penalties (and/or corrective action plans) to HIPAA-covered entities that fail to comply with HIPAA Rules. Children’s Hospital & Medical Center. Arbour Hospital. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center. Sentara Hospitals.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

Vincent Named President of the Association of Black Cardiologists Arkansas Children’s Hires Morse as Chief Administrator for ACNW Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals partners raise $5.4

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How the Fifty States View Electronic Data as a “Product”

Drug & Device Law

Sharp Memorial Hospital , 264 Cal. Sharp Memorial Hospital, Inc. , 2006 WL 2595944, at *23 (N.D. 11, 2006) (same), aff’d in pertinent part , 291 F. 2006) (video game “clearly qualifies as an ‘artistic work’ entitled to First Amendment protection”). 2006), aff’d , 279 F. 673, 676 (Cal. 673, 676 (Cal.

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Unimpressed Learned Intermediaries Defeat Warning Causation

Drug & Device Law

The law presumes that licensed doctors know what they are doing. W]e believe that a drug manufacturer cannot be required legally to foresee that a licensed physician will disregard express warnings regarding a drug’s use. . . . Plaintiffs’ treating physician during her hospitalizations, testified that no other. . . 2d 141 (Pa.

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