OB/GYNs Favor Making the Pill Over the Counter
Making birth control pills over-the-counter could help reduce the nation’s 50 percent unintended pregnancy rate, according to physicians with the American Congress of Obstetrician and Gynecologists....
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The Doctor will Text you now: are E-visits in your future?
For those tired of interminable waits to see the doctor, help may be on the way. Some health systems now allow patients to bypass the office by visiting with their doctors virtually. A new study...
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CASES Felton v. Lovett A chiropractic patient who experienced a stroke after his neck was manipulated sued the chiropractor under a negligence theory and for failing to disclose that vertebral artery...
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Implementation of the ACA: Proposed Rules for Employer-Based Wellness Programs
The Obama Administration issued notices of proposed rule-making (“NPRM”) for implementation of the Affordable Care Act. The proposed rules for employer-based wellness programs allow for plans to vary...
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Bed Rail Injuries and Gaps in Governmental Agency Regulations
Bed rails are often implicated in the injuries of elderly patients, many times because elderly patients and Alzheimer’s patients become confused and get caught in the bed rails. From 2003 to May...
View ArticleNurses, Pharmacists, & Physicians Ranked as Professions with Highest Honesty...
According to the latest Gallup poll, nurses, pharmacists, and physicians were the three professions with the most perceived honesty and ethical standards in 2012. The poll was of a random sampling of...
View ArticleFDA Hearing – Antiseptics Can Actually Cause Infections
The Food and Drug Administration announced that it is holding a two day public hearing on a rather ironic issue: the microbial contamination of antiseptics. Surprisingly, some antiseptics used to...
View ArticleRecent Health-Information Leak Highlights HIPAA
With the media attention focused this week on the confidentiality breach regarding Kate, Duchess of Cambridge as a result of a prank phone call during her recent hospital stay, we are reminded of the...
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CASES McQuade v. Berry A plaintiff in a medical battery suit faxed the required expert report to the defendant dentist and deposited a copy in the mail on the night of November 22, 2011, one day...
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CASES Retama Manor Nursing Center v. Pennington The wife of a man who died after he fell from his nursing home bed filed suit alleging that the home’s nurses were not adequately trained or supervised....
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CASES In re Kenneth Higby, MD After a physician retained by the defense filed a complaint with the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology alleging that the plaintiff’s expert had made false and...
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CASES Jones v. Brazoria County Surgery Center A physician partnership argued it could not be liable for a surgeon’s alleged malpractice because the surgeon was not acting within the partnership’s...
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Kroger | Burrus thanks all of our clients and readers for their support throughout 2012 and wishes everyone a happy and prosperous 2013.
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CASES LifeCare Management Services v. Insurance Management Administrators A third-party administrator of medical benefits denied claims submitted by two covered employees after determining that the...
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CASES Weathers v. Lopez The family of a stroke patient filed suit two days after the statute of limitations had expired. And the trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendant...
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CASES Brunston v. Johnston A patient sued the physician who reviewed his MRI alleging that the physician’s failure to identify a spinal abnormality resulted in permanent damage. The physician argued...
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CASES Ahmed v. Texas Tech Health Science Center An assistant professor of medicine brought a Whistleblower Act claim against his university alleging that he was retaliated against for questioning a...
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CASES Rodriguez-Escobar v. Goss The family of a woman who committed suicide filed suit against a psychiatrist who declined to involuntarily hospitalize her three days prior to her death. The Texas...
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CASES Baker v. Texas Medical Board A surgeon who performed a kyphoplasty procedure—a treatment for vertebral fractures— four days after he was ordered by the Texas Medical Board not to perform spinal...
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CASES Gonerway v. Corrections Corporation of America An inmate at a private correctional facility operating under contract with the state filed suit alleging the facility was liable for her eye...
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