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Adverse Events Medical Malpractice

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FDA Takes Strong Action to Protect Patients — Breast Institute at JFK Medical Center

West Palm Beach, Florida - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has recently taken the extraordinary step of requiring The Breast Institute at the JFK Medical Center North, located at 2201 45th Street in West Palm...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Florida Supreme Court Rules That Hospital "Adverse Medical Incidents" Reported to a PSO Are Not Privileged From Discovery: Impact...

Southern Baptist Hospital of Florida (Hospital) was sued in a medical malpractice action in which the plaintiff sought to discover records relating to "adverse medical incidents" that occurred at the Hospital and involved any...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: Florida Supreme Court Broadens Patient Access to Adverse Incident Reports

A recent decision by the Florida Supreme Court has significant implications regarding certain adverse incident reports previously viewed as outside the scope of permitted discovery. Florida health care providers currently...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Medical Liability Reform – Iowa’s Communication and Optimal Resolution (Candor) Bill Effective July 1, 2015

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On July 1, 2015, the Iowa legislature rolled out what is being heralded as its most significant medical liability reform of the past decade: enabling confidential “open discussions” between health care providers and patients...more

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