Kathleen Shostek,Christine Clark
Kathleen Shostek
Obstetrics is a medical specialty with high profesional liability exposure. Every aspect of an adverse OB outcome has become an opportunity for a legal review. Common root causes in adverse outcomes include communication failure, poor teamw...
Roberta Carroll
Roberta Carroll
This article was prepared in response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) publication of the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rules for FY 2008 and 2009 which placed additional requirements on hospitals fo...
Edward P Monico,Arthur Calise,Joseph Calabro
Edward P Monico
Many claims of medical malpractice arise from a breakdown in communication between physician and patient. As a result, medical decision-making may change from an informed consent model to a shared decision-making strategy. Shared decision-m...
Patti Hughes,Anne Chang
Patti Hughes
Martha Krache,Noreen McCarron
Martha Krache
Lynn Worley,Martha Krache
Lynn Worley
James DeCourcey,Julie Robertson,Ron Suluiz et al.
James DeCourcey et al.
Peter Reilly,James Olsen
Peter Reilly