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New York Clarifies Limits on Medical Device Manufacturer’s Duty to Warn

A manufacturer produces a medical device for physicians to use to administer a particular type of treatment to their patients. When does that manufacturer have a duty under New York state law to warn a physician of risks...more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...

Better Health Care Newsletter - September 2024

Silence surrounding medical harms hurts patients and the medical care system - An ugly truth of 21st century medicine is that episodes that hurt and kill patients get hidden from public view in the name of patient...more

Pullman & Comley - Connecticut Health Law

Significant 2022 Connecticut Health Law Cases

Significant health care cases of 2022 included a surprise billing unfair trade practices case, a class action recognizing a patient’s constitutionally protected interest in their inpatient classification and a ruling...more

Hicks Johnson

Who Qualifies as a Healthcare Provider?

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As healthcare becomes more technology-driven, the traditional understanding of what constitutes a “heathcare provider” has been blurred. Computers and related electronic equipment, supported by legions of technicians and...more

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As FDA warns of implant perils, new questions arise about 3D mammograms

Angry women, anxious that officials were failing to protect their health, besieged a federal Food and Drug Administration hearing in the spring. That unusual outcry may have helped push regulators off their bureaucratic...more

Butler Snow LLP

A New Look At The Doctor Deposition

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In the context of the practice of medicine, we are all very familiar with the Latin phrase primum est non nocere. It means “first, do no harm” and is the ethical guiding principle in the medical profession. Inherent in this...more

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FDA ripped over breast implant safety as agency seeks mammogram change

Uncle Sam has paid what critics have called long overdue attention to women’s breasts and how surgeons and diagnosticians treat them....more

K&L Gates LLP

K&L Gates Triage: Artificial Intelligence in Health Care

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems, including the use of algorithms and computer software to analyze complex data and perform certain decision making functions without direct human involvement, are rapidly developing in...more

Jones Day

Artificial Intelligence and Health Care—Key Regulatory Considerations for U.S. Operations

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The Situation: Artificial intelligence is being used in innovative ways in the health care industry to drive down costs and improve clinical outcomes. The Issue: The health care industry, including the provision of health...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2017

Clinicians, engineers, safety analysts and scientists at the ECRI Institute have released a looming list of things that could go wrong with modern medical devices and technology in the marketplace....more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Congressional Hypocrisy — Taking away your rights

As a part of the recent speed racing bills through Congress, they have put up HR 1215. Quite erroneously, they have titled it: “Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017”. A read of the act’s text quickly tells any objective...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Alert: 2016 Round-Up: Key Decisions Affecting Connecticut Health Care Providers

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Connecticut state and federal courts faced a number of significant health care issues last year. We have summarized those cases that we think are particularly relevant to Connecticut hospitals, group practices and individual...more

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Ninth Circuit Upholds Felony Conviction of Urologist, Under FDCA, for Reusing Single-Use Needle Guides During Prostate Biopsies...

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In 2014, Las Vegas urologist, Dr. Michael Kaplan, was convicted by a federal jury for reusing single-use plastic needle guides during prostate biopsies. He was convicted of conspiracy to commit adulteration in violation of...more

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