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Physicians misrepresented their credentials online, violated patient confidentiality, had inappropriate communications with patients online, and used the Internet to prescribe medications to patients with whom they had no therapeutic relationship, according to a study of violations reported to state medical boards.1
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State regulators have determined that a California hospital owned by Prime Healthcare Services violated patient confidentiality by sharing a woman's medical files with journalists and sending an email about her treatment to 785 hospital workers.
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News: A 36-year-old woman was transported to the emergency department (ED) at 12:55 p.m. after exhibiting symptoms consistent with a viral infection. A lumbar puncture was performed, the results of which revealed herpes viral encephalitis. Acyclovir was ordered stat; however, the nurse on duty did not administer the medication until three hours later, by which time the patient had become comatose.
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Regulatory issues such as state-by-state licensing continue to be a serious hurdle in the expansion of telemedicine, according to a survey of clinicians using the technology.
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The reputation of Pottstown Memorial Medical Center in Philadelphia will take a big hit from the recent $78.5 million malpractice verdict against it, says Scott Sobel, president of Media & Communications Strategies in Washington, DC.
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With so much to cover in employee orientation, it is tempting to include a lot of dry legalese in the employee handbook and be satisfied that you have fulfilled your obligation to notify.
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A jury in Philadelphia has awarded a family $78.5 million on behalf of a child who suffered severe brain damage as a result of a delayed cesarean section, and legal experts are warning that the case illustrates a risk that can go overlooked in hospitals.
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Telemedicine is becoming more common all the time, but risk managers might not be keeping up with all the new challenges that come along with the new technology. The use of telemedicine across state lines, in particular, raises some tricky risk management issues.
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The California Department of Insurance has saved doctors and other medical providers $23 million in just two months by reducing unjustified medical malpractice insurance premiums using the state's prior approval rate regulation authority.
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South Shore Hospital in Boston has agreed to pay $750,000 to resolve allegations that it failed to protect the personal and confidential health information of more than 800,000 consumers, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced recently.
