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Strategies to Get Medical Students and Trainees in the Ethics ‘Pipeline’
Many medical schools offer electives or pathways that allow medical students to develop knowledge and skills in bioethics. “These are largely designed to create ethically competent clinicians, perhaps those that can provide ethical leadership within an institution. But I am actually not aware of many MD programs that are aiming to train future clinical ethicists,” says Janet Malek, PhD, an associate professor at Baylor College of Medicine’s Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy.
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Telesurgery Poses Unique Ethical Considerations
The cutting-edge field of telesurgery holds promise for improved patient outcomes, but there also are significant ethical considerations.
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Many Ethics Consults Involve Questions on Life-Sustaining Treatment
How are you going to justify the decision? This is the question Thomas D. Harter, PhD, asks intensive care unit (ICU) clinicians who are struggling with whether to continue or withdraw life-sustaining treatment.
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Compassion Fatigue Threatens Patient Safety
Nurses are experiencing compassion fatigue more than ever — and patient safety can suffer as a result. Long hours, staff shortages, and emotional and physical exhaustion have contributed to about 100,000 registered nurses leaving the workforce during the pandemic due to stress, according to a recent report.
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Clinicians Report Challenges with Goals of Care Discussions
As a clinician caring for patients with chronic critical illness, Sarah Andersen, MD, MS, observed that achieving meaningful goals of care decisions seemed to be more challenging than for other patients. “One of the challenges is that patients with chronic critical illness are often too sick to express their values and participate in decisions,” she says.
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Anti-Kickback Ruling Undercuts Some False Claims Act Cases
Courts are beginning to question how aggressive whistleblowers and government lawyers are concerning the use of the Anti-Kickback Statute as a predicate act for a False Claims Act violation.
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Unique Ethical Concerns if Research Involves the Recently Deceased
Research on recently deceased humans is important to conduct, but there are many challenging ethical considerations.
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Supreme Court Ruling Changes View of Wrongful Intent
A Supreme Court ruling is changing how a defendant’s knowledge of wrongdoing and intent to commit fraud is viewed in civil cases. The ruling has significant implications for healthcare cases in which the False Claims Act is involved.
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Demand for Pediatric Ethics Consults Is Increasing
As a long-term member of the ethics committee at Akron Children’s Hospital, Julie M. Aultman, PhD, noticed a shift in the types of consultations in which ethicists were engaged. Consults involved a wide range of issues, from end-of-life care to organizational ethics. Overall, cases were becoming more complex.
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Compliance Requirements Continue to Change, Need Close Attention
Healthcare compliance is a never-ending challenge, and the expectations change constantly. Staying abreast of new developments is essential. Some of the latest involve the False Claims Act, Medicare risk adjustments, and HIPAA enforcement.