MedTrainer

APRIL 11, 2024

billion in malpractice costs and almost 2,000 preventable deaths. Food and Drug Administration Patient Rights Violations Incidents involving breaches of patient confidentiality, informed consent issues, or disregard for patient autonomy and dignity. Communication failures resulted in $1.7 There were 45.9 million in 2021 and 51.9

Compliance 52

Compliance Informed Consent Malpractice Hospitals 52

AIHC

JANUARY 5, 2022

Think Again blog post related to the January 1, 2022, implementation of the Interim Final Rule (IFR) of the No Surprises Act. Contact your risk attorney through your malpractice insurance company for guidance which is obtained through no additional cost (part of the service you get when paying the insurance premium).

Medical Billing 52

Medical Billing Health Insurance Hospitals Medicare 52

Drug & Device Law

MAY 25, 2023

For several years, we have blogged about the controversy over whether the American Law Institute (“ALI”) should put its Restatement Third of Torts imprimatur on no-injury medical monitoring. There was an insufficient time to discuss the Torts: Medical Malpractice draft. Here’s the latest update, as that effort nears culmination.

Informed Consent 59

Informed Consent Malpractice Governance 59

Drug & Device Law

JANUARY 28, 2022

Thanks to the Connecticut Supreme Court, blog readers can stop staring with guilt and/or determination at that copy of Moby Dick on the bookshelf and instead print a sprawling copy of Fajardo v. She sued the gynecologist, not the surgeon who implanted the mesh, for failing to obtain informed consent for the implant.

Informed Consent 59

Informed Consent Malpractice Compliance 59

Drug & Device Law

APRIL 21, 2023

The patient sadly passed away after having 23 teeth removed and replaced (for those keeping score, that is more than two-thirds of a normal human complement of teeth), and his family sued for medical malpractice and product liability. So maybe the manufacturer’s duty to warn and the physician’s duty to obtain informed consent merge.

Informed Consent 59

Informed Consent Malpractice FDA Regulatory Compliance 59