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A patient saw multiple physician internal medicine practices for an upper respiratory complaint, including one practice in which a nurse practitioner (NP) ordered a chest X-ray.
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While anyone can go to a plaintiff's attorney for what they perceive as a poor outcome, keep in mind that for a malpractice claim to survive, all four elements of negligence must be met, says Jan Kleinhesselink, RN, CPHQ, co-owner of Yin Yang Medical Services, a Nebraska-based provider of risk management services. These elements are: duty, breach of that duty, causation, and damages.
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Insufficient communication between providers is often a contributory cause in malpractice lawsuits that name more than one provider.
Providers must be able to request information from other providers who are treating the same patients.
Interdisciplinary rounds with a "culture of inclusiveness" encourage individuals to speak up.
In the outpatient setting, physicians can call a colleague to obtain a different perspective.
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In their search for ways to improve informed consent, IRBs and the research community have used illustrations, different sizes and styles of fonts, simple language, videos, interactive displays, and other innovative methods.
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The Office for Human Research Protections' 2014 Edition of International Compilation of Human Research Standards is available with hundreds of updates and three additional nations, including Cameroon, Mozambique, and Zambia.
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The Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) encourage the use of the central IRB model to increase the efficiency and quality of multisite trials.
