the hospitals liability for both
Gary Silverstein
January 18, 2016
The Hospital’s Liability for Both Employee and Non-Employee Doctors in Medical Malpractice
The Hospital’s Liability for Both Employee and Non-Employee Doctors in Medical Malpractice
Your body may react to certain types of medication, and release chemicals to counter the hypersensitive physical condition. This situation is commonly known as an “allergic reaction” to medicines. Thousands of people in New York State suffer from food allergy, dust allergy, pollen allergy, and also medicine allergy.
Your child or children are most precious to you, and till they are 21, they depend on you for their healthcare (well, that could be until age 26 with the ACA but how much you can depend on the government is another story). So if you want to learn about some judicious ways to avoid bringing a medical malpractice suit against doctors in New York who treat your child, read on.
A recent New York court case could have important consequences for malpractice lawsuits. A decision by the New York Court of Appeals has opened the door to the possibility of third parties being able to sue hospitals in the event of medical malpractice.
During many surgical treatments like bariatric surgery in New York hospitals, spinal anesthesia has to be administered to the patient. Spinal anesthesia is generally administered with a needle, thus there is some risk of injuring a patient during the injection process.
The licensed medical practitioners are expected to perform at a certain level of proficiency. If a certain doctor fails to perform the duties with the standard of care practiced in the medical world, then the patient is under an obligation to seek legal advice. In extreme cases, the patient has the full legal right to file for a medical malpractice case.
You’ve heard the saying “penny wise and pound foolish” — but we don’t often notice when people are guilty of this kind of misjudgment. It happens all the time in individual households, and it happens just as often in business. One of the biggest examples of this kind of irrational judgment revolves around issuing personal protective equipment (PPE) to workers. Federal regulators like the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration provide guidelines that include giving workers access to proper and appropriate safety gear according to the work activities that are expected to be done on the job. Some of the most common forms of PPE
People in New York and throughout the country who need surgery can be made safer with staff training that focuses on combining teamwork and communication along with systems improvement. Papers published in the journal Annals of Surgery describe studies by researchers at Oxford University’s Department of Surgical Sciences that examined five different approaches to training surgical staff to increase safety. The researchers looked at two different systems approaches, one cultural approach and two combination approaches.
Some people think of a work injury case as a very basic equation where a worker simply tries to collect from his or her employer after an accident. However, these types of cases are often a little more complicated than that. There are any number of third parties that may have responsibility in a work injury case. In some cases, it’s related to a product that’s routinely used in a work process that might be defective. In other cases, it’s parties that contributed to premises safety where, in injury cases, premises safety was deemed insufficient. Apportioning Responsibility In a wide variety of work injury cases,
Because a diagnosis of brain death typically leads to life-ending actions through the withdrawal of life support, New York health care professionals must be completely sure when they make such a determination. Guidelines were implemented by the American Academy of Neurology in 2010 to facilitate accuracy in judgment in such cases. However, studies suggest that many hospitals are not adhering to these guidelines.
