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As AI adoption accelerates in healthcare, compliance, privacy, and risk teams are under pressure to adapt. Join experts from NAVEX and Granite GRC to learn how a proactive AI governance strategy can help you stay compliant,...more
The term “peer review privilege” generally refers to a discovery and evidentiary privilege that can be asserted by hospitals and other healthcare entities to protect the confidentiality of credentialing, quality improvement,...more
The administration of anesthesia in dental offices across North Carolina is under heightened scrutiny. A series of tragic patient deaths, public advocacy, and legislative interest have prompted the North Carolina State Board...more
News Briefs - Congress Extends Telehealth Flexibilities for Another Six Months - Pandemic-related telehealth flexibilities set to expire March 31 have recently been extended for another six months as federal lawmakers approve...more
The Ohio Board of Pharmacy (“Board”) published two new rules aimed at preventing and rooting out dispensing errors. The first new rule requires pharmacies to implement quality assurance programs for dispensing errors. The...more
Medical visits can be overwhelming, especially when faced with complex diagnoses, unfamiliar medical jargon, or time constraints. However, being proactive during your appointment is critical to ensuring your health concerns...more
Seven million women of childbearing age currently reside in counties where there is no hospital-based obstetrics care, birthing center, OB-GYN, or certified nurse-midwife, The New York Times reported last month. Since 2015,...more
In the years since enduring the front lines of the Covid pandemic, nurses have been increasingly vocal about the challenges they face in securing adequate working conditions—and the direct correlation between working...more
On August 13, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and its Center for Clinical Standards and Quality / Quality, Safety & Oversight Group issued its memorandum QSO-24-17-EMTALA (the “Memorandum”),...more
Pennsylvania Superior Court holds that trial court correctly entered nonsuit on plaintiff’s corporate negligence claim for failing to show actual or constructive knowledge....more
At long last, the "sole purpose" argument used by trial courts and plaintiffs' attorneys was soundly rejected in a recent decision issued by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, In Re: BayCare Medical Group, No. 23-12571, May...more
Does your compliance program incorporate quality and patient safety issues? Or, are you treating the two areas as separate and distinct departments? The OIG’s General Compliance Program Guidance recommends all healthcare...more
In April, we shared with you our thoughts on what to consider before opening in or investing in a medical spa, thinking about corporate structure, scope of practice, licenses and registrations, referral restrictions, HIPAA...more
On May 9, 2024, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law Public Act No. 24-4, “An Act Concerning Emergency Department Crowding,” (The Act). The Act requires all Connecticut hospitals with an emergency department to, no...more
Last Friday, in Lahr v. Lehigh Valley Hosp., the Superior Court of Pennsylvania issued an unpublished opinion once again narrowly interpreting the scope of the statutory privilege applicable to patient safety reports prepared...more
Cybersecurity attacks on health care systems continue to pose a threat to national security and to patient safety. In the webinar Cybersecurity Best Practices in Health Care presented by Clark Hill attorneys John Howard and...more
Effective July 1, 2023, The Joint Commission (TJC) is accepting applications from eligible hospitals and hospital systems for its Health Care Equity (HCE) Certification program. By way of background, TJC generally accredits...more
On June 13, 2023, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a major new patient safety bill into law that is intended both to reform the disciplinary authority of the Texas Medical Board (TMB) and to better protect patients from...more
Ohio lawmakers are considering a bill – House Bill 89 – that would bar medical, nursing, and other medical-professional students from performing pelvic, prostate, or rectal exams on anesthetized or otherwise unconscious...more
On March 31, a Superior Court in Connecticut issued a decision in which a Hospital's motion for a protective order was granted on the basis that documents demanded by the plaintiff who was injured at the Hospital were...more
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, we now know that well over 1,000 nursing homes “experienced an average overall mortality rate approaching 20%”, according to a recent report from the Office of Inspector General...more
Too many women in this country suffer serious health harms or even die during pregnancy and just after. Too many infants in this country suffer serious health harms or die in the first year after they are born. There is no...more
Plaintiff in this case filed a lawsuit against a Wisconsin hospital resulting from an injury on hospital grounds. During discovery, plaintiff requested "all documents, communication or correspondence as it relates to...more
This session will dive into the ways in which Telehealth is expected to evolve and continue, what is being done to improve user parity, best practices pertaining to patient disclosures and agreements, and how reimbursements...more
The federal Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (PSQIA) established a voluntary reporting system for licensed health care facilities and professionals designed to "enhance the data available to assess and...more