Travel Restrictions Spur Four US Airlines to Get Into COVID-19 Testing, But Will Clinical Laboratories Get this Testing Business?
United Airlines creates pilot program for on-site rapid PCR tests, as other airlines facilitate at-home specimen collection for rapid coronavirus testing Four US airlines attempting to recover lost business due to the COVID-19 pandemic are partnering with developers of rapid RT-PCR (reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction) tests to facilitate testing of passengers either at airports […]
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Fear of Malpractice Lawsuits High Among Neurosurgeons Fear of Malpractice Lawsuits High Among Neurosurgeons
More than 80% of neurosurgeons have been sued, leading many to practice defensive medicine or consider ending their neurosurgery careers, a new survey shows.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines - November 9, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Malpractice Case: Black Box Warnings Can Come Back to Bite in Court Malpractice Case: Black Box Warnings Can Come Back to Bite in Court
Disregarding drug dosage recommendations can give rise to liability risks.Cooperative of American Physicians (Source: Medscape Pediatrics Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pediatrics Headlines - November 9, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Dermatology Article Source Type: news
McKinsey and Company Says the COVID-19 Pandemic is Accelerating Six Critical Trends in Healthcare, at Least One Which Would Benefit Anatomic Pathologists
Clinical laboratory and pathology groups that support ambulatory and virtual care, and urgent care and retail clinics may experience growth Global management consulting company McKinsey and Company’s report, “The Great Acceleration In Healthcare: Six Trends to Heed,” identifies six trends in healthcare that are accelerating due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Clinical laboratory managers and […]
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Three Federal Agencies Warn Healthcare Providers of Pending Ransomware Attacks; Clinical Laboratories Advised to Assess Their Cyberdefenses
Sophisticated cyberattacks have already hit hospitals and healthcare networks in Oregon, California, New York, Vermont, and other states Attention medical laboratory managers and pathology group administrators: It’s time to ramp up your cyberdefenses. The FBI, the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a […]
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Neurosurgeons and malpractice suits
(Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group) To determine the frequency of medical malpractice suits among neurosurgeons and neurosurgeons' reactions when faced with the prospect of such lawsuits, three researchers from The Netherlands surveyed members of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. The results of the survey can be found in this article. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - November 1, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Three Prominent Clinical Laboratory Leaders Make the Same Prediction: COVID-19 Testing Will Be Significant Through 2020 and Throughout 2021
CEOs of NorDx Laboratories, Sonora Quest Laboratories, and HealthPartners/Park Nicollet Laboratories expect demand for SARS-CoV-2 tests to only increase in coming months AUSTIN, TEXAS—For clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups in the United States, the single most urgent question is this: how long will the need for substantial volumes of COVID-19 testing continue? Last Wednesday, […]
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Physician Behind Surgisphere Scandal Switches Medical Licenses
Sapan Desai has inactivated his license in Illinois, where multiple malpractice lawsuits against him are pending, and obtained a new one in Ohio. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - October 23, 2020 Category: Science Tags: News & Opinion Source Type: news
COMMENTARY: The Sinatra Doctrine Confronts a Global Consensus
A photo-collage. Credit: Peter Costantini.By Peter CostantiniSEATTLE, Oct 23 2020 (IPS) By late September, the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States had claimed 200,000 lives. That’s equivalent to a slightly higher toll than the 418,500 United States deaths in World War II, adjusted for relative population and duration. [See note below.]
With four percent of the world’s population, the U.S. has suffered 20 percent of global COVID-19 deaths.
Tragically, most of these deaths need never have happened. They were caused primarily by the public-health equivalent of friendly fire: massive malpractice and deception by the Don...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - October 23, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Peter Costantini Tags: Global Geopolitics Global Governance Headlines Health TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
Guidehouse Healthcare Experts Outline Six Ways COVID-19 Pandemic Is Accelerating Healthcare Transformation
Financial losses for hospitals and health systems due to cancelled procedures and coronavirus expenses will lead to changes in healthcare delivery, operations, and clinical laboratory test ordering COVID-19 is reshaping how people work, shop, and go to school. Is healthcare the next target of the coronavirus-induced transformation? According to two experts, the COVID-19 pandemic is […]
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Whistleblower Lawsuit Alleges Massive Fraud in Cigna Medicare Advantage Plans
A former officer of a Cigna contractor claims the insurer hatched a scheme to submit invalid diagnostic codes and filed the now-unsealed qui tam action in 2017 In a case that could provide a cautionary tale for clinical laboratories, a federal whistleblower lawsuit alleges that Cigna, through its HealthSpring subsidiary, “received billions in overpayments from […]
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Insurance Company Asks Court for Release from Incarcerated Client
A medical malpractice insurance company wants a judge to say that it doesn’t have to pay for the civil defense of a former Arkansas doctor accused of child molestation. (Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care)
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - October 12, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Malpractice Case: Being Passive About Referrals Can Be Risky Malpractice Case: Being Passive About Referrals Can Be Risky
Overlooking key steps in the patient hand-off can lead to missing information and trigger treatment mishaps.Cooperative of American Physicians (Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines - October 6, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Article Source Type: news
Communicating suicide risk to families of chronically suicidal borderline personality disorder patients to mitigate malpractice risk - Mammen O, Tew J, Painter T, Bettinelli E, Beckjord J.
OBJECTIVE: The distinction between acute and chronic suicidality is important, because interventions designed to address acute suicidality can worsen chronic suicidality, resulting in an escalating cycle of suicide threats, suicide attempts, and futile hos... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 5, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news
Ontario woman finds needle in her spine 16 years after giving birth
A five-centimetre needle is found in a woman's spine at least 16 years after giving birth — which hospital staff failed to report at the time. Experts say with Canada's medical malpractice system stacked against patients, it's likely no one will have to take responsibility. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - October 5, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
