by PPN | Apr 28, 2022 | Iowa, Kansas, National, Newsletter
Attempt to Expand Informed Consent Harms Patient Care The Supreme Court of Washington state is reviewing a case that could have damaging implications in the delivery of patient care if informed consent is expanded beyond its current standards. As it stands, informed...
by PPN | Apr 28, 2022 | National, News
SOURCE: Bloomberg Government The U.S. held onto a win in a suit accusing a federal health-care provider of medical malpractice after the 10th Circuit found that the plaintiffs’ expert witness didn’t meet Kansas’ requirements for standard-of-care witnesses. To qualify...
by PPN | Apr 28, 2022 | National
SOURCE: Local 12 Cincinnati The family of a boy whose brain was severely injured during birth at an Iowa City hospital has been awarded $97.4 million — believed to be the largest medical malpractice verdict in Iowa’s history. A Johnson County handed down the...
by PPN | Apr 28, 2022 | National
SOURCE: The New York Times We all carry the memory of our mistakes. For health care workers like me, these memories surface in the early morning when we cannot sleep or at a bedside where, in some way, we are reminded of a patient who came before. Most were errors in...
by PPN | Apr 28, 2022 | Washington
SOURCE: American Medical Association Imagine having to tell every parent who brings in a child with an earache that meningitis is a possibility, then offering them the option to test. A court case before the Washington Supreme Court could create a new meaning of...
