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28 Jul 2010, 10:49 am by Briggs
Following published reports and extensive media coverage regarding egregious behaviors in the medical profession, public awareness of physician and hospital errors has increased. [read post]
4 Jun 2008, 7:00 pm
In the Seattle Post-Intelligencer article, reporter Carol Smith, describes the saga of this Pediatrician who mentored troubled boys and ended up relinquishing his medical license after the State's Medical Quality Assurance Commission cited him for misconduct in his relationships with patients in August 2005. [read post]
26 Apr 2009, 6:16 pm
The changes will generally provide greater Ministerial control, better human resource planning, significant reforms to the complaints and discipline process, a separation of quality assurance from complaints, and more transparency for the colleges. [read post]
1 Mar 2010, 6:19 am by Rosenbaum & Associates
The national data bank is an attempt to plug this loophole and assure Philadelphia patients that they are receiving quality medical care. [read post]
22 Feb 2013, 7:00 am by Beth Graham
by Holly Hayes A CNBC post last month on conflict resolution in healthcare opens with this statement: Health care has always been a stressful profession. [read post]
23 Jul 2009, 7:58 am
I understand the goal of health care reform, that is to make sure more people have access to affordable quality health care. [read post]
20 Mar 2012, 9:03 pm by Lyle Denniston
  The insurance industry, once an implacable foe of new health care financing legislation, went along, as did much of the medical profession (so long opposed to what it considered to be “socialized medicine”). [read post]
29 Jul 2010, 12:20 pm
"When a profession is regulated their college will have quality assurance programs and disciplinary committees set up to investigate complaints. [read post]
4 Sep 2011, 4:25 am by SHG
While we tend to focus on law and lawyers here, let's not forget that we aren't the only profession facing "issues," both in practice and on the interwebz. [read post]
26 Feb 2017, 11:01 am by Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M.
Diagnostic test results are rarely dispositive, and the reliability of the results can be influenced by many factors, including, but not limited to: sample collection; quality control and quality assurance of test reagents; method and proficiency of testing; and interpretation of test results. [read post]
22 Feb 2019, 5:51 am by Jon L. Gelman
Safe work environments and quality care are not mutually exclusive, both must be considered in order to promote positive health outcomes for patients and communities. [read post]
25 May 2009, 11:56 pm
The AMA believes that we must enact comprehensive health system reform that will cover the uninsured, improve our healthcare delivery system, and place affordable, high quality care within reach of all Americans. [read post]
3 Nov 2009, 7:03 am
The signals seem mixed in terms of whether the legal profession is on the road to recovery. [read post]
9 May 2018, 9:00 pm by Guest Opinion
The Alliance for a Stronger FDA is a multi-stakeholder advocacy group that unites more than 150 patient and consumer groups, biomedical research advocates, health professions societies, individuals and industry to work to increase FDA’s budget authority appropriations. [read post]
19 Sep 2012, 7:18 am by thehealthlawfirm
Hint: If it is a Department of Health Quality Assurance Investigator or Medical Malpractice Investigator, they are probably only investigating possible disciplinary action against your license that could result in large administrative fines or revocation of your license. [read post]
19 May 2011, 1:59 pm by Steven Boutwell
The State pointed to the stated purpose in lowering malpractice insurance costs for health care providers, which furthered the State’s legitimate objective in assuring accessible and affordable health care for its citizens. [read post]
7 Apr 2020, 7:09 am by RCoffield@fsblaw.com
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3 Apr 2020, 12:41 pm by RCoffield@fsblaw.com
Real time data maps and information.COVID-19 Cases in Appalachia Map (current number of confirmed cases of COIVD-19 in Appalachia.County-level Coronavirus Impact Planning.American Health Law Association - Coronavirus Pandemic Hub Resources (public info).State of West Virginia Health Care Regulatory Agencies and Departments (including a short description of the scope of each agency/department along with a list of current COVID resources):Department of Health and… [read post]
15 Jul 2010, 4:23 pm by Andrew Lustigman
Also, by changing the required standard for weight loss and certain other health-related claims from "competent and reliable evidence for health claims, to two well controlled human studies, the FTC is assuring that only that wealthiest companies will be able to market products with health claims relating to weight loss, colds and illnesses. [read post]