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Concerns about cases involving provider liability should not deter clinicians from off-label prescribing, says Samantha L. Prokop, Esq., an attorney with Brennan, Manna & Diamond, in Akron, OH.
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A recently reported case of hepatitis B virus transmission from a chronically infected surgeon to as many as eight patients underscores the need for providers to know their HBV status and seek the counsel of an expert review panel if they perform invasive or so called exposure-prone procedures, public health officials emphasize.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is adding a boxed warning to the drug label of codeine-containing products to address a known safety concern with codeine use in certain children after tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy.
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A female doctor claimed to have suffered years of gender discrimination from a hospital's chief of surgery.
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An orthopedic surgeon who reportedly performed as many operations in two days as the typical orthopedic surgeon averages in one month is facing multiple malpractice lawsuits, as are the surgery center and hospitals where he operated.
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Consumer Reports has rated U.S. hospitals on how patients fare during and after surgery.
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Electronic prescribing with a basic clinical decision support system could have prevented 32% of paper-based prescribing errors, according to a recent study, but electronic medical records also pose potential legal risks.
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Electronic medical record (EMR) documentation creates some legal risks that didn't exist with paper charting.