by PPN | Jul 30, 2024 | COVID, Indiana, National, New Jersey, Newsletter
COVID-era pandemic protection law put to the test in Indiana An Indiana law that offered protections for health care responders and facilities confronting the COVID-19 pandemic was tested earlier this month, as a challenge was mounted following an adverse outcome that...
by PPN | Jul 30, 2024 | COVID, Indiana, latest_news, National, News
In April 2020—six weeks after Indiana declared a public health emergency because of COVID-19—an ambulance brought a patient to the hospital with nausea, vomiting and a headache. En route, emergency medical technicians performed a stroke assessment and did not...
by PPN | Apr 29, 2021 | Indiana
SOURCE: Indiana Public Media The House approved changes made by the Senate to HB 1002 that will give additional protection to health care providers from COVID-19 civil lawsuits. (Brandon Smith/IPB News) A bill that will give health care providers additional...
by PPN | Apr 29, 2021 | Florida, Illinois, Indiana, National, New York, Newsletter
Increasing liability premiums dim post-pandemic outlook As health care professionals look ahead to post-pandemic care, rising liability insurance premiums create an uncertain future and dimming hopes of a swift recovery. After holding steady for over a decade, new...
by PPN | Feb 26, 2021 | Indiana
SOURCE: Indianapolis Star Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a bill Thursday that would provide businesses, including nursing homes, civil immunity from coronavirus-related lawsuits. The act goes into effect immediately. “The pandemic has affected Hoosier businesses, schools...
by PPN | Oct 24, 2016 | Indiana, National, News
When making the decision to apply to medical school, I told my father, a revered family doctor in South Bend for more than 40 years, that I had anxieties about becoming a doctor. He told me that doctors are human and like all human beings, physicians make mistakes. He...
