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Defendants Prevail Against Malpractice Claims Related to Hernia Surgery and Medication List
This case has many lessons to learn from the multiple defendants, multiple theories of malpractice liability, and multiple defenses. Perhaps one of the more interesting aspects of this case relates to the patient’s primary care physician, who was one of the two remaining defendants when the matter proceeded to trial.
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Failure to Diagnose and Treat Post-Surgery Infection Leads to $1.18 Million Verdict
One of the primary takeaways from this case is the importance of keeping thorough and accurate records. Keeping thorough and accurate records is important given the length of time that lapses between the underlying medical services and the potential for legal action, particularly trials.
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Hospital Crippled by Days-Long Cyberattack
Lurie Children’s Hospital, Chicago’s largest pediatric provider, experienced a cyberattack that crippled its email systems and most of its phone service for nearly two weeks.
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HHS Proposes Cybersecurity Requirements for Hospitals
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released a concept paper outlining its cybersecurity strategy for the healthcare sector, focusing specifically on strengthening resilience for hospitals threatened by cyberattacks. HHS outlined four pillars for action, including new voluntary healthcare-specific cybersecurity performance goals.
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Patient and Family Complaints Require Careful Response
Healthcare organizations should have processes for responding to complaints from patients and families. The nature and seriousness of the complaint will dictate how much of a response is required.
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How Safe Is Cannabis for the Heart?
A nationwide Danish study of new prescriptions for medical cannabis for chronic pain compared to control patients has found that the 180-day incidence of atrial fibrillation/flutter is two-fold higher, but the absolute number of arrhythmias is small.
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Transcatheter vs. Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement After 10 Years
A multicenter randomized trial of transcatheter compared to surgical aortic valve replacement in low-risk older adult patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis has shown that major clinical outcomes and prosthetic valve failure were not different at 10 years of follow-up.
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FDA Approves Coronary Drug-Coated Balloon Specifically for In-Stent Restenosis
This trial randomized 600 U.S. patients with restenosis of a previously placed stent 2:1 to treatment with the AGENT drug-coated balloon or with regular balloon angioplasty. Target lesion failure at one year was significantly lower with the drug-coated balloon, as were target vessel myocardial infarction and stent thrombosis.
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Can Bariatric Surgery Control Blood Pressure Long-Term?
A randomized trial comparing bariatric surgery to medical therapy in hypertensive obese patients has shown that bariatric surgery effectively lowers blood pressure over five years of follow-up.
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Beliefs About Women’s Virtue and Chastity May Play a Role in Latina Risk Behaviors
The authors of a recent study revealed that endorsement of certain marianismo beliefs, related to women acting virtuous and chaste, may promote abstinence, but also are associated with sexual risk behaviors.