LEGAL REVIEW & COMMENTARY

Negligent Pacemaker Implantation Results in Malpractice Action

July 1, 2022

This case presents a common cause of malpractice actions: The failure to timely diagnose and treat a condition.

Issue Date: July 1, 2022

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Negligent Pacemaker Implantation Results in Malpractice Action

Financial Disclosure: Consulting Editor Arnold Mackles, MD, MBA, LHRM, discloses that he is an author and advisory board member for The Sullivan Group and that he is owner, stockholder, presenter, author, and consultant for Innovative Healthcare Compliance Group. The relevant financial relationships listed have been mitigated. None of the remaining planners or authors for this educational activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

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