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Q&A: Breaking Down Indemnification Clauses
Dr. MedLaw answers your questions regarding medical law, breaking down indemnification clauses in th...
Dr. MedLaw 
Board-certified radiologist and a malpractice attorney “Dr. MedLaw” covers all things at the intersection of medicine and law.
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Q&A: How to Handle Employment Breach of Contract
Dr. MedLaw addresses physicians' questions regarding medical law, providing guidance in this article...
Jan 21, 2025
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Q&A: Navigating a Salary Structure Shift
Dr. MedLaw addresses physicians' questions regarding medical law, starting with guidance on navigati...
Jan 15, 2025
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Identity Theft Issues in the Medical Office
Identity theft in the medical office setting encompasses two serious issues: fraudulent use of a pat...
Nov 22, 2024
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Defining the Standard of Care in Medical Malpractice
The standard of care definition can vary during medical malpractice cases, and physicians must prove...
Nov 12, 2024
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Where to Draw the Line When “Curbsiding”
Dr. MedLaw discusses where the line between safely offering informal consultation, or "curbsiding," ...
Oct 22, 2024
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Dealing With Patients Leaving Against Medical Advice
Patients are allowed to make their own medical decisions, even if the physician doesn't agree with t...
Jul 9, 2024
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Keeping Legal Costs Under Control
A physician is planning on expanding his practice and anticipates significant legal costs. Dr. MedLa...
Jun 4, 2024
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Is it a Good Idea to Use Unique Code Systems to Protect Confidentiality?
A physician is considering using unique codes in patients' notes for particularly delicate issues to...
May 24, 2024
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Navigating a Tricky Termination
A physician needs to address the issue of an underperforming employee without raising red flags for ...
May 22, 2024
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Transfusion Medicine in 2025: Challenges, Innovations, & the Clinicians’ Role in Driving Blood Donation
ADRP Advisory Board Member Amanda Hess discusses advances in transfusion medicine, challenges blood centers face, and how clinicians can boost blood donation....
Jan 17, 2025
Healthcare's Financial Fault Line: How to Navigate Patient Debt for Improved Health Outcomes
Rising patient debt strains the US healthcare system, but improving financial assistance, revenue management, and patient engagement can help reduce the burden....
Jan 14, 2025
How Flexible Workweeks Could Reduce Physician Burnout & Improve Patient Care
A 4-day workweek may reduce physician burnout, lower costs, improve patient care, and boost work-life balance, benefiting healthcare systems overall....
Jan 7, 2025
How a Value-Based System Can Help to Alleviate Physician Burnout
Addressing stressors such as heavy workloads, administrative burdens, and lack of control over work processes can help alleviate physician burnout....
Dec 23, 2024
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Dr. MedLaw: Forced C-Section
A patient who had had several C-sections and wanted to try VBAC was told by the hospital that not only wouldn’t it let her do so but it would force her to have the C-section.
Feb 14, 2023
Dr. MedLaw: Patients With Conflicting Medical Needs
Can I tell her that ten days would be my minimum but that I will defer to the cardiologist although I cannot sign off that this is safe for her operatively and let her make the choice once she is given the facts?
Feb 07, 2023
Dr. MedLaw: Understanding the “Loss of Chance” Doctrine
The “loss of chance” doctrine allows the plaintiff to be compensated for a substantial loss of a better outcome due to medical negligence. This level may be fixed at >50% or be a matter for the jury.
Jan 10, 2023
Dr. MedLaw Q&A: Patient Abandonment After Being Fired?
I am concerned that I will be liable for abandonment because I never gave my patients notice and cannot provide the minimum 30 days of emergency care that my state requires but I am also concerned about their actual care.
Dec 20, 2022
Dr. MedLaw Q&A: Red Flags Being Director & Referring to Facility
Q: My partner and I (we are both family practitioners) have been offered the opportunity to be medical directors at a sleep center where we send our patients. It will be a financial boost for us and will only take a few hours a month. We would be paid by the hour. I know that
Dec 13, 2022
Dr. MedLaw Q&A: Good Samaritan Law
I have been asked by my pastor to be the doctor for a youth boxing match held through the church’s after-school sports program. Since it would just be purely on a volunteer basis would I be covered by a Good Samaritan law?
Dec 07, 2022
Dr. MedLaw: Understanding "Captain of the Ship" & How it Applies to All Physicians
The term “captain of the ship” is one of the most misunderstood in medical malpractice law.
Most doctors think it means that merely because of their “rank” as the surgeon or obstetrician that the surgeon or obstetrician is personally liable for everything that goes on
Nov 15, 2021
Dr. MedLaw: Understanding The Houston Methodist Lawsuit Decision
On June 12, US District Court Judge Lynn Hughes dismissed a lawsuit against Houston Methodist Hospital by employees who opposed a Covid-19 va
Jun 29, 2021
Dr. MedLaw: Liability When a Patient Refuses Advanced Care
Q: I have a patient that I have been seeing for quite a while for MS. After some pretty good years she has declined rapidly and has moved in with her sister, who is her caregiver. The problem is that she is now developing bed sores. I’m treating these in the office but that
Jun 07, 2021
Dr. MedLaw: Docs on a plane - Dealing with in-flight emergencies
As we emerge from our COVID isolation, air travel is beginning to boom again, and many doctors are concerned about what happens when there is an in-flight emergency.
Let’s take a look at that.
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May 12, 2021
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Transfusion Medicine in 2025: Challenges, Innovations, & the Clinicians’ Role in Driving Blood Donation
ADRP Advisory Board Member Amanda Hess discusses advances in transfusion medicine, challenges blood centers face, and how clinicians can boost blood donation....
Jan 17, 2025
Healthcare's Financial Fault Line: How to Navigate Patient Debt for Improved Health Outcomes
Rising patient debt strains the US healthcare system, but improving financial assistance, revenue management, and patient engagement can help reduce the burden....
Jan 14, 2025
How Flexible Workweeks Could Reduce Physician Burnout & Improve Patient Care
A 4-day workweek may reduce physician burnout, lower costs, improve patient care, and boost work-life balance, benefiting healthcare systems overall....
Jan 7, 2025
How a Value-Based System Can Help to Alleviate Physician Burnout
Addressing stressors such as heavy workloads, administrative burdens, and lack of control over work processes can help alleviate physician burnout....
Dec 23, 2024
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