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[1] Public Hospitals
[2] Private Hospitals
§ 1.02 Governing Body
[1] Duties
§ 1.03 Medical Staff
[5] Staff Privileges
§ 1.04 Antitrust Liability
[2] Applicable Antitrust Law
[3] Antitrust Immunity
[4] Specific Applications of Antitrust Law in Health Care
§ 1.05 Nursing Staff
§ 1.06 Health Care Fraud
[1] Self-Referrals
[2] Kickbacks and False Claims
§ 1.07 Malpractice Information Available to the Public
[1] Physician Profiles
[2] Hospital Report Cards
[3] Other Provisions
§ 2.02 Governmental Immunity
§ 2.03 Federal Immunity
[1] Federal Tort Claims Act
§ 2.04 State Immunity
[1] Statutory Limitations
[2] “Sue or be Sued” Provisions
[3] Government-Proprietary Test
§ 2.05 Immunity of State Political Subdivisions
[1] Statutory Constraints
[3] Discretionary Function
[4] Monetary Limits
[5] Governmental-Proprietary Test
§ 2.06 Charitable Immunity
[2] Rationale for Immunity Rule
[3] Exceptions to Immunity
[4] Current Status of Charitable Immunity
§ 3.02 Vicarious Liability
[1] The Hospital Exception
[2] The Hospital Exception Rejected
[3] The Private Attending Physician
[4] The HMO Physician
§ 3.03 The Corporate Negligence Doctrine
[1] Darling v. Charleston Memorial Hospital
[2] Bestowal and Revocation of Staff Privileges
§ 3.04 Claims for Possible Future Harm
[2] AIDS Phobia
§ 3.05 Conclusion
§ 4.01 Contract
§ 4.02 Standard of Reasonable Care and Skill
[2] Simple Negligence vs. Malpractice
[3] Locality Rule
[4] Same or Similar Community Rule
[5] National Standard
[6] Ad Hoc Approach
§ 4.03 Evidence of Standards of Care
[1] Expert Testimony
[2] Voluntarily Assumed Standards
[3] Res Ipsa Loquitur
§ 4.04 Hospital Obligation to Patients
[1] Following Orders
[2] Independent Duty
§ 4.05 The Patient’s Right to Dignity
[1] Mentally Ill Persons
[2] Terminal Patients
§ 5.01 Standard Policies
[2] Coverage
[3] “Claims Made” or “Occurrence” Policies
[4] Risk Placement
[5] Conditions of Coverage
[6] Duty to Defend
[7] Excess and Other Insurance
§ 5.02 Alternatives to Traditional Liability Insurance
[1] Inadequacy of Present Approach
[3] Group Policies
[4] Tort Reform
§ 6.01 Admission
[1] Common Law Rule
[2] The Emergency Exception to the Common Law Rule
[3] Discrimination
[4] The Admission Process
§ 6.02 Emergency Treatment
[1] Obligation to Treat
[2] Reliance
[3] JCAH Standards
[4] Hospital Liability
[5] Discrimination
[6] Alternatives to Agency Analysis
[7] Good Samaritan Legislation
§ 6.03 Ambulance Services
[1] Immunity
[2] The Emergency Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)
[3] Delays
[5] In-Hospital Patients and Third Parties
[6] Expert Testimony
[7] Discovery
§ 6.04 Interpreters
[2] Sign Language
§ 7.01 JCAH Standards
[2] Multi-Disciplinary Committee
[3] Records
[4] Written Policies for Each Service
§ 7.02 Liability
[2] Proximate Causation
§ 7.03 Common Problems
[1] Failure to Diagnose or Monitor
[2] Eye Infections
[4] Employee and Visitor Infection
§ 8.02 Negligence and Malpractice
[1] Duty to Ensure Equipment is Reasonably Safe
[2] Duty to Provide Necessary Equipment
[3] Balancing Tests
[4] Failure to Warn and Informed Consent
[5] Failure to Test
[6] Alleviating the Burden of Providing Negligence
[7] Negligence or Malpractice
§ 8.03 The “Sale” Requirement
[2] Warranty
[3] Strict Liability
§ 8.04 Application of Strict and Warranty Liability to Hospitals for Defective Medical Equipment
[2] Strict Liability
§ 9.01 Discharge
[1] Medically Appropriate Basis
[2] Tests
[3] Discharge Clearance
[4] Instructions
[5] Utilization Review and Eviction
[6] Against Medical Advice
[7] Missed Appointments
§ 9.02 Transfer and Referral
[2] Referral
[3] Physical Examination
[4] Patient’s Best Interests
[5] Procedure
§ 10.01 Blood
[1] Strict and Warranty Liability
[2] Rationale
[3] Cunningham v. MacNeal Memorial Hospital
[5] Blood Bank
[7] Incompatibility
[8] Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
[9] Intraoperative Autologous Transfusions
[10] Umbilical Cord Blood
§ 10.02 Radiology
[1] Slip and Fall Litigation
[2] Hospital Responsibility for Radiologist
[3] Radiation Diagnostics and Therapy
[5] Radiology Record Retention
§ 10.03 Anesthesia
[1] Hospital Responsibility
[2] General Anesthesia
[3] Spinal Anesthesia
§ 10.04 Obstetrical Suite
[2] Deviations from Accepted Obstetrical Standards
[3] Delayed Caesarean Section
[4] Attendance at Delivery
§ 10.05 Surgery
[1] Vicarious Liability—“Captain of the Ship”
[2] Direct Liability
§ 10.06 Autopsy and Donation
[1] Autopsy
[2] Donation
[3] Transplants
§ 10.07 Psychiatric Services
[1] Escape by a Patient
[2] Self-Inflicted Injuries
[3] Liability to Third Parties
§ 10.08 Medication
§ 10.09 Corpses
§ 10.10 Pain Relief Management
[1] Philosophical Background
[3] State
§ 11.01 Nursing Professionalism and Its Legal Implications
[1] Subservient Status
[2] Negligence Standard
[3] Changed Roles
§ 11.02 Malpractice Litigation
[2] Ministerial vs. Professional Judgments
[3] Standard of Care
[4] Expert Testimony
§ 11.03 The Realities of Nursing Practice
§ 11.04 Nursing Duties
[2] Observation and Consultation
[3] Injections and Unsterile Equipment
[4] Operating Room
§ 11A.02 Ownership and Location of a Pharmacy Within a Hospital
§ 11A.03 Regulations
[1] Conditions of Participation in Medicare Programs
[2] State Boards of Pharmacy
[3] Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
§ 11A.04 Pharmacy Recordkeeping
§ 11A.05 Pharmacy Personnel
[1] Non-Pharmacists
[2] Pharmacy Residents
§ 11A.06 Manufacture and Marketing
§ 11A.07 Learned Intermediary
§ 11A.08 Medication Errors
§ 11A.09 Use of Experimental Drugs Under Investigation
§ 11A.10 Authority of Non-Physicians to Prescribe Medications
[1] Physician’s Assistants
[2] Nurse Practitioners or Clinical Nurse Specialists
[3] Optometrists
[4] Certified Nurse Midwives
§ 11A.11 The Future of the Hospital Pharmacy
[2] Quality of Care
[3] Cost Containment
§ 12.02 Self-Determination vs. Medical Paternalism
[1] Theoretical Basis
[2] The Medical Tradition
[3] The Legal Tradition
§ 12.03 Battery or Negligence?
§ 12.04 The Modern Era
§ 12.05 Scope of Disclosure
[1] Professional Standard vs. Lay Standard
[2] Breast Cancer Informed Consent Statutes
§ 12.06 Proximate Causation
§ 12.07 Exceptions to Informed Consent
[1] Consent Implied in Fact
[2] Consent Implied in Law
[3] Excused Absence of Consent
[4] Emancipated Minor
§ 12.08 Hospital Responsibility
§ 13.01 The Right of a Competent Adult to Refuse Treatment
[1] General Acceptance
[2] State Interests
[3] Informed Refusal
§ 13.02 Foregoing Life-Sustaining Treatment for Incompetents
[1] The Right to Death
[2] Incompetency
[3] Surrogate Decision-Making Standards
§ 13.03 Nutrition and Hydration
[2] The Act/Omission Distinction
[3] Ordinary/Extraordinary Distinction
§ 13.04 Decision-Making Process
[1] Advance Directives
[2] Family and Physician
[3] Hospital Role
§ 13.05 Assisted Suicide
§ 13.06 Pain Relief Management
§ 14.01 Patient Medical Records
[1] Maintenance Requirements
[2] Government Requirements
[3] Categories
[4] Authorized Entries
[5] Counter Signature
§ 14.02 Retention of Records
[1] Amorphous Standard of Retention
[2] Applicable State Statutes and Regulations
[3] Federal Regulation
[5] Uniform Act
§ 14.03 Particular Records
[1] Admission Record
[2] Patient’s Medical History
[4] Order Sheet
[5] Clinical Record
[6] Testing and Procedure Reports
[7] Evidence of Informed Consent
[8] Discharge Summary
§ 14.04 Confidentiality and the Patient Hospital Record
[1] Ethical Principle
[2] Legal Principle
[3] Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
§ 14.05 Waiver of Confidentiality
[1] Non-Confidential Information
[2] Placing Medical Condition in Controversy
[3] Analysis of Which Issues Are in Controversy
[4] Child Custody Cases
[5] Authorizations
[6] Ex Parte Interviews
[7] Non-Litigants
§ 14.06 Admissibility of Patient Hospital Records
[2] Business Record Exception
[3] Admission Against Interest
§ 14.07 Incident Reports
[1] Risk Management and Incrimination
[3] Admissibility
§ 14.08 Liability Consequences
[2] Negative Observations
[3] Proximate Causation
[4] Alterations
[5] Unauthorized Release
[6] Subpoenas
§ 15.01 Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals
[2] Hill-Burton and Medicare
[3] Standards
[4] Accreditation
[5] JCAH Records
[6] Reform
§ 15.02 Review Organizations
[1] PSRO
[2] PRO
[2A] PSO
[3] Hospital Review Committees
§ 16.01 Americans With Disabilities Act
[1] Overview of the Act
[2] Scope of Coverage Under Title I of ADA
[3] Prohibited Conduct Under Title I of the ADA
§ 16.02 Sexual Harassment
[2] Legal Principles
[3] Suggestions for Prevention
§ 16.03 Retaliatory Discharge
[1] Whistleblower Suits
[2] Church Amendment
§ 17.02 Types of Managed Care Arrangements
[2] Fiduciary Duty and Jurisdiction
§ 17.03 ERISA and the Preemption Issue
[1] Preemption in General
[2] The Controversy Over Preemption
§ 17.04 Theories of Liability
[1] Respondeat Superior
[2] Ostensible Agency
[3] Corporate Negligence
[4] Negligent Selection of Participating Physicians
[5] Negligent Utilization Review
[6] Express or Implied Warranty
[7] Breach of Contract
[8] The Federal False Claims Act
§ 17A.01 Introduction
§ 17A.02 Physician Licensing
§ 17A.03 Privacy
§ 17A.04 Third Party Payment
§ 17A.05 Malpractice
§ 18.02 Definitions
[1] Solid Waste
[2] Hazardous Waste
[3] Infectious Waste
§ 18.03 Regulations
[2] Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
[3] The Medical Waste Tracking Act
[5] OSHA
[6] Transportation of Wastes
[7] Water Pollution Legislation
[8] Miscellaneous Federal Regulations
[9] Individual States
§ 18.04 Treatment of Medical Waste
[2] Incineration
[3] Recycling
[4] Violations
§ 19.01 Premises Liability
[1] Slip and Fall
[3] Other Negligence Actions
§ 19.02 Bystander Actions For Emotional Distress
[1] The Physical Injury Rule
[2] Zone of Danger
[3] Misdiagnosis
[4] Labor and Delivery
§ 19.03 Consumer Fraud
§ 19.04 Kidnapping Infants
§ 19.05 Hospital Violence
§ 20.02 Regulatory Framework
[1] Regulatory Assumptions
[2] Resident Assessments
[3] Quality of Care
[4] Resident Rights
[5] Facility Staffing
[6] Compliance
§ 20.03 Common Law Actions
[1] Causes of Action
[2] Arbitration and Mediation
[3] Presuit Requirements
[4] Pleading
[5] Prima Facie Case
[7] Survival Damages and Wrongful Death
[8] Sexual Assault
[9] Discovery
§ 20.04 Statutory Private Right of Action
§ 20.05 State Deceptive Trade Practice Statutes
§ 20.05 Conclusion
Preparation and Trial of Medical Malpractice Cases