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Ethicists are Seeing More Complicated Cases
Ethicists at Memorial Medical Center were seeing increasingly complicated cases extending over longer time frames, and created a tool to determine complexity of cases.
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VHA Uses Comprehensive Approach to Ethics Evaluation
Is an ethics consultant highly qualified and able to demonstrate his or her knowledge with an impressive portfolio of cases?
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Ethicists Demonstrate Benefits by Surveying Clinicians
Ethicists at Indiana University surveyed clinicians about their experience with ethics consultation.
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Want to Assess Ethics? Clear Standards are a Good Start
As a consultant who helps healthcare organizations with their ethics programs, Ellen Fox, MD, often finds people want to evaluate quality but don’t know where to begin.
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No Current Standards for Training on Ethics Consults
The Association of Bioethics Program Directors is currently considering standards for healthcare ethics consultation training programs.
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ASBH to Address Lack of National Standard for Ethics Consultation
The American Society for Bioethics and Humanities is considering developing a national standard for assessment of individuals who perform clinical ethics consultations.
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Medical Ethics Advisor Spotlights Quality
This month’s issue of Medical Ethics Advisor is a special issue on quality and ethics.
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Hospital Escapes 40% Ostensible Agency Liability on Appeal
A patient sued his anesthesiologists and hospital, alleging a failure to obtain informed consent and negligence that resulted in his quadriplegia.
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Undiagnosed Fistula Yields $50 Million Verdict
A patient sued an obstetrician, the hospital, and midwife, alleging that the physician’s conduct amounted to malpractice and the midwife negligently failed to administer a test that would have revealed the fistula.
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Healthcare Cyberattacks on Rise, May Get Worse
Cyberattacks affecting healthcare institutions in the United States increased by 63% year over year to a total of 93 major attacks, according to a recent report.