Recent content by ellencee

thread title about PHI; topic is collection agency's receiving diagnostic and treatment information and is it a violation of HIPAA. Thanks! EC, who was in your great state of Texas recently!

For a few good laughs with the nursing profession, try out Nurstoons. I recommend you start with those on HIPAA, restraints, and swallowing! EC

I can't find the old thread from the woman whose daughter sought and received treatment at a clinic in Flordia while the woman was on vacation. Anyway, recently this issue came up in my practice area and I learned the most direct answer to the woman's question and want to share it with those...

Panzertanker, hmmbrdzz, lkc15507, becfel, and all the other nurses on this crazy forum... Only another nurse can understand and appreciate what we do or why we do it. Here's to us! and, here's to those who make nursing worthwhile... the patient who pulled out his IVs, called a taxi, and went...

moolady123 This isn't about me; it's about your having a valid complaint yet (more likely than not) having no valid reason to collect damages. It is not in your best interest for anyone to support your delusions or fall for your dramatics. Your therapy, which spans more than a decade...

molady123 Don't expect any compensation for a mailing mistake, even if your brother had been removed as an authorized recipient of your mail. Your complaint will more likely than not be managed as notification to the VA that steps must be implemented to prevent such mistakes in the future. You...

C Ms. Smith contends that the trial court in the present case failed to properly apply the standards described above. Her central contention is that the trial court improperly based its rejection of her informed consent claim on her failure to produce sufficient expert testimony. She also...

B [2] One important practical issue in informed consent cases is whether expert testimony is necessary to show materiality. Problems inherent in requiring such testimony include lack of a uniform community standard, relegation of the patient's rights to secondary importance, and the...

I A The doctrine of informed consent refers to the requirement that a physician, before obtaining the consent of his or her patient to treatment, inform the patient of the treatment's attendant risks. The doctrine is premised on the fundamental principle that "[e]very human being of adult...

100 Wn.2d 26, SMITH v. SHANNON CITE: 100 Wn.2d 26, 666 P.2d 351 SMITH v. SHANNON CAUSE NUMBER: 49142-9 FILE DATE: June 30, 1983 CASE TITLE: Vera M. Smith, Appellant, v. Roger H. Shannon, et al, Respondents. [1] Physicians and Surgeons -...

This forum is for discussing the legal aspects of a situation. It is not a forum for discussing "I (still) feel" it's wrong aspects of a situation and handing out a boost on your way to an attorneys office...though I admit, I'd like to be a fly on the wall and watch you as you sit face to face...

ausi75 Pay the physician for his services. His hesitancy to treat Rocky Mtn Spotted Fever before the test results were available is not negligence; and, he would have received the results--the ER had a duty to send the report/findings to the MD to which they referred your daughter (her regular...

evamarie12345 It would be very difficult to "give" a patient MRSA by intubating the patient because the person doing the intubating wears gloves donned at the time of the intubation and removed immediately thereafter. MRSA is commonly found in the nares (nose) and is present in the nares of a...

telima Phantom pain is not a risk and it does not have to be explained before surgery. Emergency surgery does not require the same explanation and understanding of risks of a non-emergency procedure. I can't think of any surgeons who routinely mention phantom pain. Before I attempt to briefly...

Well, he should eat yogurt or drink cultured buttermilk and add at least one protein supplement a day such as a cheese or peanut butter sandwich. You should stop having I&Ds and taking anitibiotics; he needs you to be healthy and he needs his infection to be his alone. If you share his illness...