Patients who turn to medical professionals for care expect that they will receive care that – at a minimum – meets professional standards of care as defined by law. Some may have unrealistic expectations, but it’s up to each medical professional to provide accurate...
Physicians are leaving the practice of medicine in large numbers, but its probably not due to electronic medical records (EHRs) or ObamaCare, but a much more mundane reason--we are getting older. Several articles over recent years have claimed the difficulty of...
Physicians are leaving the practice of medicine in large numbers, but its probably not due to electronic medical records (EHRs) or ObamaCare, but a much more mundane reason--we are getting older. Several articles over recent years have claimed the difficulty of...
Physicians are leaving the practice of medicine in large numbers, but its probably not due to electronic medical records (EHRs) or ObamaCare, but a much more mundane reason--we are getting older. Several articles over recent years have claimed the difficulty of...
Many physicians are being asked by patients to communicate via email and that raises various privacy, HIPAA, and physician liability questions. Do email communications violate privacy regulations or whether, if you can use e-mail, must the e-mail be encrypted?...
In a move that creates some confusing liability issues for physicians, to say nothing of quality of care issues for patients, the State of Missouri has now allowed for a license called an "assistant physician" to be issued to someone who has been graduated from any...
