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New Jersey Supreme Court Bars Jury from Faulting Out-of-Jurisdiction Doctor
In a recent decision, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that a jury may not allocate fault under New Jersey’s Comparative Negligence Act (CNA) to an out-of-state physician over whom the state lacks personal jurisdiction.
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Georgia Court Affirms $75 Million Verdict in Locked-In Syndrome Case
The Georgia Court of Appeals recently upheld a $75 million jury verdict in favor of a 32-year-old plaintiff who suffered a catastrophic stroke that left him with locked-in syndrome. The plaintiff had arrived at a local hospital with seizure-like symptoms following a chiropractic neck adjustment.
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Effects of Loper Bright Uncertain One Year After Ruling
A year after the Supreme Court’s ruling in Relentless v. Department of Commerce and Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the predicted challenges to healthcare compliance have not yet materialized as fully as expected, but the effects might still be felt in coming months.
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Ransomware Goes Postal: Why Healthcare Should Take Notice
Healthcare organizations across the country recently received extortion demands through the mail claiming that their organization’s data had been stolen and demanding $250,000 to $350,000 in Bitcoin within 10 days.
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Violence in Hospitals Requires Multiple Strategies to Prevent, Respond
Hospitals and other healthcare facilities have been hit with multiple incidents of significant violence in recent months, illustrating the continuing need for effective prevention and response strategies.
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Patients Vary on How They Want to Make Medical Decisions
Do patients want to make a decision right away about surgery, or do they want time to think about it? As it stands currently, surgeons usually do not know this important information about their patients.
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Physicians Are Cautiously Optimistic About AI in Psychiatric Medicine
Physicians are optimistic about how artificial intelligence tools will affect psychiatric medicine in the long-term, a recent study found.
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Clinicians Need More Clarity on Ethical Obligations with AI
Increasingly, clinicians will be using artificial intelligence tools to inform their decision-making. Many are unclear what, if anything, to tell patients about it.
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Ethical Approaches if Researchers Use Telehealth to Obtain Informed Consent
When someone is considering whether to participate in a clinical trial, anything researchers can do to streamline the process can boost recruitment and retention. Using telehealth as part of the informed consent process could streamline the procedure, but it also presents some ethical concerns
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Researchers Are Including People with Developmental Disabilities as Participants and Partners
If clinical trials do not include people with developmental disabilities, this poses multiple ethical concerns. People with developmental disabilities may have specific unmet health needs that can be addressed by studies that focus on them. Researchers will need to make an additional effort, and make reasonable accommodations in their study designs, to facilitate participation of those with disabilities.