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There is now considerable data indicating that the use of high-dose steroids for spinal cord injuries is not effective and can even be harmful to patients. Despite this, are ED physicians still "obligated" in a legal sense, to administer high-dose steroids to patients with spinal cord injuries?
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The "standard of care" often has a significant impact on the outcome of ED malpractice lawsuits, but the way this is defined can vary according to state law and other factors.
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If an emergency physician is arrested for assaulting a patient or for inappropriate sexual conduct, there is potential liability exposure for both the emergency medicine group and the hospital where the ED is located, says Thomas H. Taylor, a health care attorney at LaCrosse, WI-based Johns, Flaherty & Collins.
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It all began when investigators published a study that had good news for the infection control industry.
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How well is your IRB doing? It depends on who you ask. The subjectivity of any answer makes it a difficult question to measure.
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Whatever IRB members might think happened in the recent regulatory controversy over studying the use of infection control checklists in Michigan hospitals, the truth might be stranger.
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An Institute of Medicine (IOM) committee studying the effects of the HIPAA Privacy Rule has painstakingly documented the strain it is putting on research.
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Giving children a chance to assent to their own participation in research is an important goal of the pediatric research community. Done properly, it can empower young patients, help them develop their decision-making skills, and prompt them to take their participation more seriously.
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The controversy of the past few years over possible suicidality associated with various drugs pointed out the importance of tracking suicidal thoughts or behavior in subjects involved in clinical trials.
