Sentences with phrase «protects doctors and patients»

Tech is a great way to provide better patient care, but it needs to be adopted in a manner that protects doctors and patients.

Not exact matches

Whereas BAIPA protects the right to life of the child who survives an abortion, the Pennsylvania act protects the child who could survive an abortion, making it criminal in most cases to abort the child and, where an abortion is permissible within narrow limits, requiring doctors to treat the child as a second patient who should be brought into the world alive and unharmed if possible.

the doctor was attempting to protect her patients during a time when the... i believe attorny general whom was anti-choice was investigating clinics and subpeoning their medical records which would have exposed these young ladies to harm by the religious community.

If a doctor violates the oath to care for patients and purposely harms sick people — or a police officer violates an oath to serve and protect and purposely harms innocent citizens — or a priest violates all religious vows and purposely harms children, then society rightfully finds the behavior very shocking and condemns it.

So there are only a couple of solutions: 1) people stop filing so many lawsuits, or 2) doctors protect themselves and make SURE their patients are as safe as possible.

The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) released a new position papertoday outlining doctors» ethical duties in protecting athletes from these injuries — and maintains that physicians» obligation to keep patients safe sometimes trumps patient autonomy.

«The government's intentions, to protect patients» interests, to make the clinical case for service change and to ensure doctors and nurses take the lead in the decision making process, are sound.

Additional safeguards include requiring multiple witnesses attesting the patient is acting on their own and at least two doctors in overseeing the process as well, who would be protected against both civil and criminal liability, along with any professional penalties for participating.

And even if the patient doesn't meet the conditions that guidelines say can benefit most from brain imaging — for instance, someone with an abnormal neurological exam or a known cancer — doctors might order a scan at a patient's request to protect themselves legally.

«We hope that as the research progresses, doctors and dentists can apply the findings in caring for cleft lip or palate patients and protect their teeth starting in early childhood and into adulthood,» Cox said.

Doctors Without Borders, which oversees many Ebola clinics in west Africa, is sending home recovered Ebola patients with a stack of condoms, and health workers are urging them to only engage in protected sex for at least three months after recovery.

THaW aims to protect patients and their confidentiality as medical records move from paper to electronic form and as health care increasingly moves out of doctors» offices and hospitals and into the home.

«Doctors have a clear duty to put patients» interests first and act to protect them», including raising concerns about colleagues, he says.

This isn't just theoretical, because that's an option some Emory patients have had, thanks to the availability of PROTECT, a progesterone - based treatment developed at Emory University and being administered by Emory trauma doctors.

Regulation of naturopathic doctors protects the public by setting and enforcing standards of education, competency and patient care.

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These needs can change rapidly in our senior patients and so exams by a doctor every 6 months can help protect your pet from chronic disease and help you make any necessary changes in care.

Country Doctor Veterinary Hospital recognizes the importance of protecting the personal privacy of its clients, its patients and those individuals who simply visit our site.

He didn't allow me to speak much, but I did get in my favorite argument about scientists needing 95 % certainty to make claim and thus being overly cautious (they need to avoid false positives in order to protect their reputations — which is understandable), while those living in the world (environmentalists, potential victims) would want to follow the «medical model» of avoiding false negatives, and would be concerned about possible problems at a much lower standard of certainty (a doctor would not tell her patient that there is only 94 % certainty the lump is cancerous, so we won't operate).

As a doctor, I took a vow that I would protect the health of my patients and my community.

Lawyers make mistakes, too, and their clients should be protected from that, just as doctors» patients are.

According to a study published in a recent issue of Health Management, Policy and Innovation (HMPI), there was no negative impact on patient safety when approximately 900 University of Miami Health System doctors received sovereign immunity from medical malpractice claims while working at 1,600 - bed government - owned Jackson Memorial Hospital (JMH), which is protected by sovereign immunity as a government entity.

On the other hand, the courts have zealously protected the confidentiality of the doctor / patient relationship and the privacy rights of those who seek medical treatment.

One of the Bek arguments on appeal was that the district court was wrong for admitting patient medical information and records because they were protected by both a doctor - patient privilege and a privacy interest created under HIPAA.

Preventing medical errors — not taking away injured patients» rights — will lower health care costs, reduce doctors» insurance premiums, and protect the health and well - being of patients.

A doctor never needs to ask for authorization before sharing protected health information, other than psychotherapy notes, with other doctors or health providers for the purposes of a patient's care and treatment.

Such conditions — in these circumstances — belies the trust inherent in the doctor - patient relationship, undermines public confidence, and fails to protect the public.»

It is useful to quote key observations by Stadlen J [at paras 126 - 129]: «In my view, notwithstanding the absence in the FTPP proceedings of some of the statutory and non-statutory safeguards which apply to criminal proceedings... [I] n deciding whether it would be fair to admit the hearsay evidence, the requirements both of Article 6 and of the common law obliged the FTPP to take into account the absence of all those [safeguards]... [I] n my judgment, no reasonable panel in the position of the FTPP could have reasonably concluded that there were factors outweighing the powerful factors pointing against the admission of the hearsay evidence... The means by which the claimant can challenge the hearsay evidence are... not in my judgment capable of outweighing those factors... The reality would appear to be that the factor which the FTPP considered decisive in favour of admitting the hearsay evidence was the serious nature of the allegations against the claimant coupled with the public interest in investigating such allegations and the FTPP's duty to protect the public interest in protecting patients, maintaining public confidence in the profession and declaring and upholding proper standards of behaviour... However, that factor on its own does not in my view diminish the weight which must be attached to the procedural safeguards to which a person accused of such allegations is entitled both at common law and under Article 6... The more serious the allegation, the greater the importance of ensuring that the accused doctor is afforded fair and proper procedural safeguards.

In Calvelli and Ciglio v Italy, where the applicant complained that the state had failed to prosecute a doctor whose negligence allegedly caused the death of his baby, the Court held that the state's positive obligation under Article 2 to protect life required regulations in place to safeguard patients» lives and to provide an independent judicial system which can determine the cause of death of patients in the care of the medical profession.

Preventing Medical Errors You can protect yourself at the doctor's office or hospital by knowing your rights and considering have a friend or loved one act as your patient's advocate.

However, if a patient routinely brings a spouse into the doctor's office when treatment is discussed, a physician can infer that the spouse is playing a long - term role in the patient's care, and the rule allows disclosure of protected health information to the spouse consistent with his or her role in the patient's care, for example, discussion of treatment options.

Situations in which covered providers may infer an individual's agreement to disclose protected health information pursuant to option (3) include, for example, when a patient brings a spouse into the doctor's office when treatment is being discussed, and when a colleague or friend has brought the individual to the emergency room for treatment.

Handled requests for release of protected medical health information following HIPAA guidelines for patients, doctors, clinics, hospitals and insurance companies.

Specifically, the campaign supports legislation to address pregnancy discrimination, close gaps in the state's equal pay law, provide workplace accommodations for nursing workers, protect patients and doctors from harassment, and prohibit legislatively coercing doctors to lie to patients.

Under Oregon law, the buyers would have had to show either a physical injury or conduct that violated a legally protected relationship (such as that between a doctor and patient) in order to recover damages for emotional distress.

Of course we will remind the entire population that a REALTORS first obligation is to protect her clients, REALTORS are paid by sellers not the general public and that no more than a Doctor would release personal details about a patient without a court order, so to REALTORS will not release personal details about a client without insuring that information is privacy protected with strict legal consequences for ANYONE using it in a manner not authorized.