Guilty of malpractice, criminal negligence, false credentials, failure to treat or patient abandonment.

Guilty of malpractice, criminal negligence, false credentials, failure to treat or patient abandonment.

Find a newspaper or scholarly article where a health care organization or a provider was found guilty of malpractice, criminal negligence, false credentials, failure to treat or patient abandonment. Provide specific details of the case. Discuss with your colleagues: 1. Which critical health care error does the article address? 2. Explain the setting and details using your own words. 3. Drawing from your readings and experience to date, what do you assess are factors leading up to the error? Touch on duties and standard of care. Peers are expected to demonstrate critical thinking in their questions related to the classmates’ descriptions. See Discussion Expectations and Grading for rules on discussions.

Assigned reading materials:

Credentialing and Privileges-http://ctel.org/expertise/credentialing-and-privileging/
Summary of Credentialing and Privileges- http://www.hcca-info.org/Portals/0/PDFs/Resources/Conference_Handouts/Compliance_Institute/2013/Tuesday/600/607print1.pdf
A Short Overview of Medical Malpractice http://malpractice.laws.com/medical-malpractice-law/medical-malpractice-overview
Medical negligence: Criminal prosecution of medical professionals, importance of medical evidence: Some guidelines for medical practitioners- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2779964/
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Guilty of Malpractice, Criminal Negligence, False Credentials, Failure to Treat or Patient Abandonment

In the past, there have been many cases where healthcare organizations have been sued by patients due to various forms of malpractice. In some of the cases, the healthcare organizations have been found to be guilty of malpractice, false credentials, criminal negligence, or patient abandonment.

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