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Psychiatrist Liable for Excessive Prescribing, Leading to Patient’s Death and $2 Million Verdict
Medical care providers, including physicians, clinics, and hospitals, are responsible for keeping up-to-date about any newly discovered side effects or dangers inherent in the drugs they prescribe to their patients.
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Hospital Liable for $29.5 Million for Delayed Treatment of Allergic Reaction During CT Scan
This serious injury and significant verdict demonstrate the requirement not only that hospitals must create effective policies and procedures for patients experiencing adverse outcomes but actually implement and follow those procedures.
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More Robust Informed Consent Needed for Telemedicine
This modality requires an emphasis on making sure patients understand the limitations of telemedicine at the same time it is being promoted as the new, modern way to interact with healthcare professionals.
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NIST Report Shows Threats to Medical Devices
A draft report from the National Institute of Standards and Technology examines cybersecurity vulnerabilities and privacy risks related to the medical devices connected to the internet of things.
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Cybersecurity Experts Warn Hospitals About Device Security Risks
Medical devices may not be the first priority when healthcare organizations address cybersecurity, but risk managers should make sure they are included in defensive efforts, say cybersecurity experts.
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Hacked Medical Devices Can Threaten Patient Safety
Security concerns with healthcare technology often involve safeguarding protected health information, but there is a real threat to patient safety from hackers accessing the medical devices used in treating patients.
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Ethics of Patient Access to Experimental Treatments
Partner universities will build a national framework for more efficient, consistent, and widespread use of the program and help more hospitals offer experimental options to their patients.
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Mobile Devices Used by Unregulated Researchers
A new National Institutes of Health-funded project, Mobile ELSI, is developing recommendations for the ethical conduct of this emerging research.
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Study Sheds Light on Why Nurses Want Ethics Consults
A recent analysis of nursing requests for clinical ethics consultations revealed key concerns prompting the requests — and also what nurses felt was most important about the consults.
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Family Important Influencer on Care Preferences
An analysis of 57 articles indicates that care preferences are influenced by a complex interaction of family, individual, and illness factors.