Apr 28, 2021

Maintaining trust in health care requires legislation geared towards privacy protections A position paper from the American College of Physicians (ACP) called for legislation to shore up privacy prot...

Apr 09, 2021

Not even Covid-19 could cut through the red-tape CHICAGO — Not even the pressing public health crisis brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic could reduce what many physicians claim is the leading ...

Apr 01, 2021

Q: I do small hand surgeries in my office. I only use local anesthesia for these. The patient will generally then be in a soft dressing or a short splint. There will also be some numbness. I have not ...

Mar 16, 2021

Q: I am a physiatrist and so I see a lot of patients who were in car accidents. More than a few of them are involved in lawsuits over their injuries. I recently reluctantly told a patient - actually a...

Mar 01, 2021

A patient made a completely baseless complaint about me to the state medical board.  The complaint was rapidly dismissed by the board after it requested and reviewed the relevant parts of her records...

Nov 20, 2020

The latest installment of the #PWChat series centered around the impact of a Biden administration on healthcare in the US. Below are the highlights from the chat. You can read the full transcript ...

Nov 18, 2020

New policy intended to protect mental and emotional health of physicians CHICAGO —The American Medical Association (AMA) has taken up a new policy geared toward preventing workplace bullying am...

Nov 05, 2020

Written by Dr. MedLaw As a urologist I am very sensitive to my patients' need for privacy. However, I was really surprised when a new patient got very nasty with my receptionist because he was as...

Oct 29, 2020

Medical practices report over 30% drop in revenue as pandemic continues CHICAGO —The American Medical Association (AMA) warned that U.S. physician practices are in serious danger of financial rui...

Sep 26, 2020

Written by Dr. MedLaw   I have a patient to whom I was prescribing Prozac on a monthly basis.  I last saw him three months ago, when I gave him a one month prescription as usual. After I di...

Jul 16, 2020

Wearable device can track patient vitals across healthcare settings ...

May 29, 2020

Experts call for more study, say programs can vary and deliver other benefits Randomized clinical trial (RCT) data revealed that workplace wellness programs have no significant impact on clinical out...

May 06, 2020

’Four signposts’ must be met before state, local governments loosen restrictions As states begin to loosen restrictions put in place during the outbreak of Covid-19 in the United States, ...

May 06, 2020

Absence of proxy access means patients and caregivers often share log-in info For 25% of hospitals in a recent study, caregivers of adult patients did not have the option to create proxy accounts to ...

Apr 08, 2020

Written by Dr. MedLaw Just about everyone who works at our family practice office (PA’s, an RN and clerical staff) is also a patient there. Needless to say, many of them are accessing their own r...

Dec 03, 2019

Written by Dr. MedLaw Q: When I am covering after-hours or on the weekend I often get consultation requests from our residents doing a rotation at a small affiliated hospital which does not have ...

Aug 24, 2019

Drug costs continue to be a concern for many patients as they leave our offices with prescriptions in hand, and for good reason. According to a recent survey by RxSaver by RetailMeNot, a digital medic...

Feb 11, 2019

In our article, Tackling Binge Drinking with Text Messages, Brian Suffoletto, MD, MS, discusses the efficacy of a 12-week SMS intervention that was designed specifically for younger adults who had haz...

Jul 12, 2017

Written by Dr. MedLaw This question, often posed by doctors, is actually about a legal doctrine called “assumption of the risk”. This is a defense against a negligence claim based on the plaint...