Healthcare Legal Questions and Answers
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Does a parent have a moral or legal obligation to obtain medical help for his or her child?
Does a parent have a moral or legal obligation to obtain medical help for his or her child?
05/19/2007 | Category: Healthcare | State: South Carolina | #5282What are my options if my psychologist acted improperly and my complaints have been ignored?
Two-and-a-half years ago four individuals, including myself, filed ethics complaints against a local psychologist. These ethics complaints were filed with the State Board of Psychologists. Three of the complainants were employees of this psychologist. Our allegations ranged from sexual harassment in and out of the workplace to falsifying personality testing. The other com...
05/12/2007 | Category: Healthcare | State: Louisiana | #4529How valuable is a legal nurse consultant in the legal profession?
I am taking a legal nurse consultant course. I have been looking over several old briefs. I have yet to see any mention of expert witness be given be a nurse. Just how valuable will I be in the legal profession?
04/12/2007 | Category: Healthcare | State: ALL | #3012What is the Caregiver law in Nevada?
What is the caregiver law in Nevada?
03/05/2017 | Category: Healthcare » Caregiver | State: Nevada | #33389What can I do if I believe the nursing facility caused further injury to my husband?
He will not be around in another month because of this. I am the wife a Korean Veteran who has Alzheimer's, severe heart condition, along with various other illnesses. I have been taking him to the VA for several years now. It's horrible. It use to be pretty good as far as the doctors. Now for my story. I took my husband to a doctor because his Alzheimer's. His sundowners...
04/28/2009 | Category: Healthcare » Patient Abuse | State: ALL | #16337What can I do if my healthcare employer is neglecting patients care?
I was put on probation for 30 days for asking to take a teen in a program that I work at to the hospital after swallowing glass during lunch. This was a freak accident but they waited till she was having a difficult time breathing 5 hours later. The following day she was still crying from feeling glass and not being able to swallow and still coughing up blood. The nurse said sh...
03/26/2009 | Category: Healthcare » Patient Abuse | State: Massachusetts | #15775Is a Credit Check Database for Patients Allowable Under HIPAA?
If I set up a database and I want to share a patients information.. Name ssn and $ owed. Goal is to identify if a person will be a credit risk to a small business.. Dentistry Would that be a violation of HIPPA. Even if I set up a dental clearinghouse data base. The doctor would enter his personal information and that of the patient to find out if they owe another dentist mo...
06/01/2011 | Category: Healthcare » Privacy Rights | State: Illinois | #24945State Law Requires Patients to make appointments with Doctor on all STD testing
I recently was tested for HSV1 and HSV2. I requested that the lab mail the results to me so that I could review them myself. Recently, I received a letter from my doctor requesting that I make an appointment to discuss the results. The letter says that Maryland state law requires a patient to make an appointment to discuss any and all results of STD testing. I do not feel that...
03/13/2009 | Category: Healthcare » Privacy Rights | State: Maryland | #15614How can I get around giving out my social security number in the doctor's office and pharmacy?
I think I have the Right (Privacy act 1974?)of not giving my Social Security Number when I the Doctor, Pharmacy, Hospital. Of course I am legal, decent and retired. My Health Insurance gave me a Card with my name and an ID number. I'm a retired physician myself and I used to "bill" the insurances / governement. I know the SSN number is not needed to file the claims. I call rece...
05/24/2007 | Category: Healthcare » Privacy Rights | State: Florida | #5848Do I have any legal rights if a doctors office is not disposing of personal information properly?
Do I have any legal rights if a doctors office is caught not disposing of personal information properly?
05/14/2007 | Category: Healthcare » Privacy Rights | State: Texas | #4670
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