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An 83-year-old man went to a hospital to visit his wife. He slipped and fell on an escalator, injuring his head.
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Although a nursing home was aware of a male patients general disorientation and history of self-destructive behavior, the man opened a fifth-floor window and fell to the pavement.
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A lawsuit alleging elder abuse and neglect was settled recently for $1 million, and the plaintiffs insisted that there be no confidentiality clause.
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Risk managers facing claims of newborn brain injury have more support for what the physicians have probably been saying all along: The tragic outcome wasnt caused by anything that happened in your facility.
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Larry Veltman, MD, chairman of the department obstetrics and gynecology at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, OR, and medical director of the healthcare professional liability division for the Farmers Insurance Group of Companies, offers this list of the most common failures that lead to OB malpractice lawsuits.
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As IRB staff and members find their workload increasing more quickly than their resources, some may consider using a centralized IRB model as a way to allow them to spend their time and energy where it is most needed.
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New IRBs and new IRB members, as well as those who have been working in the field of human research protection for years, often have questions regarding the use of the exempt category when research protocols are reviewed.
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The editors of the prestigious British medical journal Lancet recently issued a public statement acknowledging a failure to disclose conflict-of-interest concerns about a 1998 study they published connecting autism to childhood vaccines.
