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Hospitals That Ditch Masks Risk Exposure

Bill of Health

Manta This month, New York became the latest to join the growing list of states that have ended their requirements for routine masking in hospitals and other healthcare settings. Ending routine masking in hospital settings is a dangerous move. It also exposes hospitals to the risk of liability.

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Health Provider News – February 10, 2023

Hall Render

leading cause of death is heart disease, Alabama’s matches that Alabama lawmakers put temporary hold on $1 billion contract for prison healthcare New rolling NICU a ‘game changer’ for critical babies in Alabama More than a dozen Alabama hospitals at immediate risk of closing; officials say hospitals suffer $1.5

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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. University Hospital , 659 N.Y.S.2d

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FDA Safety Communication Not Enough to Support Punitive Damages Claim in New Jersey

Drug & Device Law

Today’s post is actually about a medical malpractice case. Valley Hospital, Inc. Immediately following the FDA Communication, the hospital, its administrators, and surgeons (including decedent’s surgeon) began to discuss the issue and what steps they should take. In Rivera v. 2022 WL 3650726 (NJ Aug.

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