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The "standard of care" often has a significant impact on the outcome of ED malpractice lawsuits, but the way this is defined can vary according to state law and other factors.
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If an emergency physician is arrested for assaulting a patient or for inappropriate sexual conduct, there is potential liability exposure for both the emergency medicine group and the hospital where the ED is located, says Thomas H. Taylor, a health care attorney at LaCrosse, WI-based Johns, Flaherty & Collins.
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It all began when investigators published a study that had good news for the infection control industry.
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How well is your IRB doing? It depends on who you ask. The subjectivity of any answer makes it a difficult question to measure.
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Whatever IRB members might think happened in the recent regulatory controversy over studying the use of infection control checklists in Michigan hospitals, the truth might be stranger.
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An Institute of Medicine (IOM) committee studying the effects of the HIPAA Privacy Rule has painstakingly documented the strain it is putting on research.
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Giving children a chance to assent to their own participation in research is an important goal of the pediatric research community. Done properly, it can empower young patients, help them develop their decision-making skills, and prompt them to take their participation more seriously.
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The controversy of the past few years over possible suicidality associated with various drugs pointed out the importance of tracking suicidal thoughts or behavior in subjects involved in clinical trials.
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The Joint Commission's sentinel event database includes five cases that resulted in four deaths and affected four adults and one child, according to Mark R. Chassin, MD, MPP, MPH, president of The Joint Commission.
