Health Care Providers’ Legal Duty to Be Open and Honest with Patients
Duties of candor require that patients be informed of adverse events as soon as possible after they occur.
Liability
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Read more: New Data Reignites Concerns over COVID-19 and Nursing Homes in New York State New Data Reignites Concerns over COVID-19 and Nursing Homes in New York State
Concerns over New York State’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic have recently re-emerged in light of a new report and court ruling related to the matter.
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Read more: HHS Recognizes Key Role of Telehealth in Amended PREP Act Declaration HHS Recognizes Key Role of Telehealth in Amended PREP Act Declaration
Prior to the recent PREP Act amendment, no federal-level scheme of telehealth oversight existed to date.
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Read more: COVID-19 and the State of Health and Social Care in England COVID-19 and the State of Health and Social Care in England
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated challenges facing the provision of health and social care in England, a recent report finds.
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Read more: Are COVID Waivers Enforceable? Look to Gym Waivers for Insights Are COVID Waivers Enforceable? Look to Gym Waivers for Insights
If you have been somewhere recently that is indoors, chances are you have encountered a COVID liability waiver. But how enforceable are they?
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Read more: Who’s to Blame for COVID-19 Outbreaks at Colleges and Universities? Who’s to Blame for COVID-19 Outbreaks at Colleges and Universities?
For many U.S. colleges and universities, the return to campus during the COVID-19 pandemic has proven disastrous. Who’s to blame for these new outbreaks?
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Read more: Why We Must Hold Nursing Homes Legally Accountable for COVID-19 Outbreaks Why We Must Hold Nursing Homes Legally Accountable for COVID-19 Outbreaks
Immunity from liability disincentivizes nursing homes from expending the time, money, effort, and resources needed to keep residents safe.
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Read more: Telehealth Policy Brought to the Fore in the COVID-19 Pandemic Telehealth Policy Brought to the Fore in the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the value of telehealth as both a tool of necessity as well as of innovation.
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Read more: COVID-19 and Nursing Homes: The New York State Experience COVID-19 and Nursing Homes: The New York State Experience
Questions continue over whether more might have been done to protect patients in nursing homes and other congregate settings in New York State.
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Read more: Finetuning Liability Protections in the COVID-19 Emergency Finetuning Liability Protections in the COVID-19 Emergency
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government and many states enacted liability limitations for health care practioners and facilities.
