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What Are the Main Types of Healthcare Incidents?

MedTrainer

Incident reporting is essential to maintain a healthcare organization’s compliance with state and federal regulations and reveal what are the main types of healthcare incidents. billion in malpractice costs and almost 2,000 preventable deaths. MedTrainer offers all the functions listed above in an all-in-one compliance solution.

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Introduction to Telebehavioral Health

AIHC

Compliance Considerations for Best Outcomes Written in collaboration with the AIHC Volunteer Education Committee Delivering mental health services via telehealth has increased since the COVID-19 pandemic. Obtaining informed consent with your patient is typically done before the first appointment.

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Update on No Surprises Act 2022

AIHC

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). The American Medical Association (AMA) also posts helpful information for providers and offers an initial toolkit. Identify eligible cases.

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Suing the Certifiers – A Dangerous Undertaking

Drug & Device Law

Apparently, a fraudulent foreign-trained “doctor” treated the plaintiffs, none of whom claimed malpractice or any physical injury whatsoever. Anyway, this fraudulent “doctor” allegedly “touched them without informed consent” and caused them “emotional distress. has no power to enforce compliance”), aff’d , 405 F.

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Guest Post – Curling Up With a Good Reasonable Alternative Design Opinion

Drug & Device Law

Fajardo held that Plaintiffs’ email was not in technical compliance with Connecticut rules of procedure and was especially critical of Plaintiffs for failing to cite any evidence in that email, which would have warranted a denial of their request. But anyone who has a medical malpractice defense practice will be interested in that rationale.

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No DTC Advertising Exception to Learned Intermediary Rule in Washington

Drug & Device Law

The last provision cited by plaintiff’s side was one that allows the fact finder to consider evidence of compliance with regulations. Doctors are charged with discussing the risks and benefits of treatment and obtaining informed consent from their patients.

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Dentists As Product Manufacturers?  Bet On It In Nevada

Drug & Device Law

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. That would be especially true in states where regulatory compliance is a defense or partial defense.