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Six months after Richard Teh, MD, an internist in Las Vegas, NV, was handcuffed and taken to jail from his office as patients, staff, and partners looked on, murder charges against him were dropped, according to a statement from the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), which has been monitoring the case.
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These are some highlights of the 12th annual Hospital and Physician Professional Liability Benchmark Analysis from Aon Global Risk Consulting and the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management:
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If a proposed rule is enacted by the federal government, patients will be able to request an accounting of who accessed their electronic health records, a development that some legal experts say could put hospitals and other providers at risk.
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The move toward physician collaboration is likely to create a number of risk management challenges, along with more interest in physician self-insurance, according to the results of the 12th annual Hospital and Physician Professional Liability Benchmark Analysis from Aon Global Risk Consulting and the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM).
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More states are mandating adverse event reporting, and this trend could have a significant impact on healthcare providers, says Kathryn Schulke, BSN, a principal with the law firm of Booz Allen Hamilton in Rockville, MD. Twenty-seven states and the District of Columbia have passed legislation requiring adverse event reporting, she says.
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Remember that even though the whole point of the Stark Voluntary Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol (SRDP) at least from the provider's perspective is to settle potential Stark liabilities for less than its full exposure, the government wants to know about your entire potential liability.
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Thousands of Chinese used a compound called maxingshigan-yinqiaosan (MY) for treatment of flu symptoms during the 2009 H1N1 epidemic. MY is a concoction of 12 different herbs, including toasted Herba ephedra, as well as qinghao, gypsum fibrosum, and rhizoma.
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In a case-control study using a biomarker for lignan intake, women with breast cancer who had higher levels of the biomarker post-diagnosis had a reduced risk of mortality over a median follow-up period of 6 years compared to women with low levels of the biomarker.
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Data from this large observational trial with an average follow-up of over 8 years suggest that even 15 minutes a day of moderate-intensity exercise, such as taking a brisk walk, provides significant health benefits in terms of lowered mortality risks and life extension.
