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January/February 2008
Focus
on: Breaking down the medical record
By Dorajane Apuna,
BSN, MA, RN, CCM, CNLCP
Verdicts
& Settlements
Compiled from www.verdictslaska.com;
Comments by Rose Clifford, RN, LNCC, editor
Book
reviews
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CEU:
Nursing and the Daubert standard
By Frances W. Sills,
RN, MSN, ARNP
The
preemption issues: Whose law pertains and when’s it followed?
The Gist: Could FDA
approval shield a maker of medical products or devices from
negligence? Should it?
By Tommy
Sangchompuphen, JD
for The Medical-Legal News
3rd
in a series
Risk analysis: Getting control of medical care
Opinion
By E. Patrick Moores,
JD
Did
court ruling shift docs’ liability to nonpatients?
The Gist: Critics of this
court’s action say that a physician now has a duty not only to a
patient but also to foreseeable injured parties.
By Tommy
Sangchompuphen, JD
for The Medical-Legal News
Maryland’s
largest med mal insurer to refund an unused $84 million
Maryland’s largest
medical malpractice insurer will be making an $84 million refund,
the Washington Post reported in December. The excess money was not
needed for med mal lawsuit payouts as predicted under a
state-regulated plan that began in 2004.
Focus
on: computer-assisted coding
The Gist: “Upcoding”
is a common form of healthcare fraud that attorneys, nurse
consultants, records reviewers and experts may deal with.
Knowledge of how coding is done is vital.
By Tommy
Sangchompuphen, JD
for The Medical-Legal News
3-time
wrong site error nets $50,000 fine for hospital
A Rhode Island hospital
was fined $50,000 in late November after its third incident of
wrong site surgery, according to an article by the Associated
Press and Yahoo News.
In February 2007, neurosurgery was begun on a patient on the wrong
side of his head. The patient was unharmed.
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