If a physician is employed by the hospital, the hospital can be held vicariously liable for the physician’s negligence. The plaintiff must show that the physician was employed by the hospital at the time of the alleged negligence and that the negligence occurred within the scope of the physician’s employment with the hospital. A negligent […]
Admissible evidence is evidence, which can be brought forward in a court of law to support or undermine a legal case. In order to be considered admissible, evidence must meet certain standards, with the standards being especially high in criminal cases. Disputes over the admissibility of evidence often play a role in major trials, with […]
Medical staff bylaws generally are binding on the parties—the organized medical staff and the hospital or health care entity that approves and signs them. Medical staff bylaws consist of the individual medical staff members, applicants, and other practitioners who have been granted clinical privileges. A number of jurisdictions have held that medical staff bylaws always […]
Governing body of an organization are those members/persons, committees or departments who make up a body for the purpose of administering the health of an organization, such as overseeing and controlling the corporation’s daily activities. Responsibilities include being able to legally establish and implement policies and procedures for the management, effectiveness, and operation of an […]
Wrongful Birth claim is an action whereby parents seek damages for a child born with birth shortcomings and the claim for such damages is based on the cost to parents of raising an unexpectedly defective child. The birth claim brought by the parent of a defective child will and can be against a physician or […]
As healthcare facilities seek better means to influence reimbursements, revenue cycle approaches provide the opportunity and way to improve cash flow. It further improves efficiencies through better employee education. The revenue cycle is a complex system that offers several opportunities for hospitals to create efficiencies and cost-savings. However, many organizations forgo improving the revenue cycle […]
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) in Health Care is a structured organizational process that involves physicians and other personnel in planning and implementing ongoing proactive improvements in processes of care to provide quality health care outcomes. Part of the study done was to evaluate the quality care and to determine what good care is; whether the […]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (July 28, 2010). Public Health Surveillance Using Emergency Medical Service Logs-U.S.-Mexico Land Border, El Paso, Taxes, 2009. Jama Network: The Journal of the American Medical Association. Retrieved October 7, 2012 from http://jama.jamanetwork.com/mobile/article.aspx?articleid=186308 In the United States, data systems are created by the ongoing, systematic collection of health, demographic, and […]
Before the availability of computer technology, many drugs were discovered by accident or trial and error. At the current epoch, a new system has emerged—rational drug design, a way of developing drugs with the help of computers. Computers are being used to aid in designing and testing new drugs. Genetic tests can be used to […]
Social and economic inequality is detrimental to the health of any society. Especially when the society is diverse, multicultural, overpopulated and undergoing rapid but unequal economic growth. It is apparent to some degrees that the effects of social and economic inequality in healthcare delivery of a society are profound. In a large, overpopulated countries, such […]
