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Apologies In The Healthcare System: From Clinical Medicine To Public Health, Michal Alberstein, Nadav Davidovitch
Apologies In The Healthcare System: From Clinical Medicine To Public Health, Michal Alberstein, Nadav Davidovitch
Law and Contemporary Problems
Alberstein and Davidovitch explore the role of apologies in healthcare systems from a broader perspective. The significance of apology in terms of social solidarity is addressed and the ways in which each apology situation entails a clash between cultural identities are demonstrated. The debate on apology is explored by presenting a public health perspective of apologies following collective traumatic events such as the application of sterilization laws or flawed human experimentations in various settings.
A “Principled Resolution”: The Fulcrum For Bioethics Mediation, Nancy Neveloff Dubler
A “Principled Resolution”: The Fulcrum For Bioethics Mediation, Nancy Neveloff Dubler
Law and Contemporary Problems
The concept of a "principled resolution" is the foundation for bioethics mediation. Dubler presents the core bioethical principles that support the creation of principled resolutions as fulcrums for resolving disagreements in the healthcare setting. These disputes may arise among medical providers, between medical providers and patients, or among members of a patient's family and can be managed or resolved by bioethics mediation using the conceptual tool of a principled resolution.
Is There An App For That? Electronic Health Records (Ehrs) And A New Environment Of Conflict Prevention And Resolution, Ethan Katsh, Norman Sondheimer, Prashila Dullabh, Samuel Stromberg
Is There An App For That? Electronic Health Records (Ehrs) And A New Environment Of Conflict Prevention And Resolution, Ethan Katsh, Norman Sondheimer, Prashila Dullabh, Samuel Stromberg
Law and Contemporary Problems
Katsh discusses the new problems that are a consequence of a new technological environment in healthcare, one that has an array of elements that makes the emergence of disputes likely. Novel uses of technology have already addressed both the problem and its source in other contexts, such as e-commerce, where large numbers of transactions have generated large numbers of disputes. If technology-supported healthcare is to improve the field of medicine, a similar effort at dispute prevention and resolution will be necessary.
Foreword, Orna Rabinovich-Einy
Foreword, Orna Rabinovich-Einy
Law and Contemporary Problems
The U.S. healthcare system has undergone dramatic changes in the past year, which will have a profound impact on American society. While the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010" seeks to ensure healthcare coverage for the vast majority of Americans, controversies relating to scope of coverage, cost and course of treatment chosen, quality of care rendered, healthcare staff demeanor, and bioethical dilemmas are bound to persist. Indeed, in all likelihood, these controversies will even expand with the growth in the number of healthcare recipients under the federal scheme. Moreover, the changes introduced through the U.S. healthcare reform act …
Distributional Considerations In The Overregulation Of Health Professionals, Health Facilities, And Health Plans, Christopher J. Conover
Distributional Considerations In The Overregulation Of Health Professionals, Health Facilities, And Health Plans, Christopher J. Conover
Law and Contemporary Problems
Conover addresses the equity issue in health care spending. Conover concludes that the marginal impact of health regulation is to make the US health system more, rather than less, regressive.
Overregulation Of Health Care: Musings On Disruptive Innovation Theory, Lesley H. Curtis Ph.D., Kevin A. Schulman M.D.
Overregulation Of Health Care: Musings On Disruptive Innovation Theory, Lesley H. Curtis Ph.D., Kevin A. Schulman M.D.
Law and Contemporary Problems
Disruptive innovation theory provides one lens through which to describe how regulations may stifle innovation and increase costs. Basing their discussion on this theory, Curtis and Schulman consider some of the effects that regulatory controls may have on innovation in the health sector.
A Copernican View Of Health Care Antitrust, William M. Sage, Peter J. Hammer
A Copernican View Of Health Care Antitrust, William M. Sage, Peter J. Hammer
Law and Contemporary Problems
Sage and Hammer use the analogy of Copernican astronomy to suggest that understanding the dramatic change wrought by managed care requires a conceptual reorientation regarding the meaning of competition in health care and its appropriate legal and regulatory oversight. Both share the belief that misperceiving the world limits potential for technical and social progress.
Rationalism And Empiricism In Modern Medicine, Warren Newton
Rationalism And Empiricism In Modern Medicine, Warren Newton
Law and Contemporary Problems
The roots of rationalism and empiricism in the Hippocratic tradition are explored. The triumph of the rationalists in the founding of modern medicine is emphasized. The development of clinical epidemiology and the evidence-based medicine over the last 30 years is described. The tension illuminates fundamental clinical and policy questions that doctors, the health care system, and the legal system confront today.
Arbitration Agreements In Health Care: Myths And Reality, Elizabeth Rolph, Erik Moller, John E. Rolph
Arbitration Agreements In Health Care: Myths And Reality, Elizabeth Rolph, Erik Moller, John E. Rolph
Law and Contemporary Problems
It is asserted that alternative dispute resolution methods, particularly mandatory binding arbitration agreements, have become the rule in health care delivery. A study was conducted to ascertain how widespread mandatory arbitration agreements between health plans and providers and their enrollees and patients really are, to assess how decisions regarding their use are made and to evaluate the prospects of their future use.
Adapting Mediation To Link Resolution Of Medical Malpractice Dispute With Health Care Quality Improvement, Edward A. Dauer, Leonard J. Marcus
Adapting Mediation To Link Resolution Of Medical Malpractice Dispute With Health Care Quality Improvement, Edward A. Dauer, Leonard J. Marcus
Law and Contemporary Problems
It is hypothesized that mediation in either a fault-based or a no-fault environment can make claims resolution more efficient and simultaneously promote quality improvement in health care more effectively than does the litigation/settlement process.
Medical Discipline In The Twenty-First Century: Are Purchasers The Answer?, Frances H. Miller
Medical Discipline In The Twenty-First Century: Are Purchasers The Answer?, Frances H. Miller
Law and Contemporary Problems
The adaptation of medical discipline in the 21st century is examined by positing that the locus of "disciplining" doctors has already begun to gravitate away from traditional government licensure and medical malpractice litigation toward purchasers of medical services.
Medicare And The Joint Commission On Accreditation Of Healthcare Organizations: A Healthy Relationship?, Timothy Stoltzfus Jost
Medicare And The Joint Commission On Accreditation Of Healthcare Organizations: A Healthy Relationship?, Timothy Stoltzfus Jost
Law and Contemporary Problems
The economic and political forces driving the program in which health care institutions accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditations of Healthcare Organizations are deemed to meet Medicare conditions of participation are examined. The Joint Commission should be more rigorous in the application of its accreditation standards and more accountable to the public.
Health Care Reform And The Constitutional Limits On Private Accreditation As An Alternative To Direct Government Regulation, Michael J. Astrue
Health Care Reform And The Constitutional Limits On Private Accreditation As An Alternative To Direct Government Regulation, Michael J. Astrue
Law and Contemporary Problems
The various subagencies of the HHS have opposing positions on the use of private accreditation in health care regulation, due to their different views of their missions. The use of the private delegation doctrine, an obscure constitutional doctrine, in health care cases in court is examined.
Private Accreditation As A Substitute For Direct Government Regulation In Public Health Insurance Programs: When Is It Appropriate?, Eleanor D. Kinney
Private Accreditation As A Substitute For Direct Government Regulation In Public Health Insurance Programs: When Is It Appropriate?, Eleanor D. Kinney
Law and Contemporary Problems
The appropriateness of the use of private accreditation in regulating and defining the quality of health care providers under government health insurance programs is examined. The characteristics of health care institutions and the patients they serve are important considerations.
Vertical Restraints And Powerful Health Insurers: Exclusionary Conduct Masquerading As Managed Care?, Frances H. Miller
Vertical Restraints And Powerful Health Insurers: Exclusionary Conduct Masquerading As Managed Care?, Frances H. Miller
Law and Contemporary Problems
No abstract provided.
Defining Geographic Markets For Hospital Care, Michael A. Morrisey, Frank A. Sloan, Joseph Valvona
Defining Geographic Markets For Hospital Care, Michael A. Morrisey, Frank A. Sloan, Joseph Valvona
Law and Contemporary Problems
No abstract provided.
Private Reform Of Tort-Law Dogma: Market Opportunities And Legal Obstacles, Clark C. Havighurst
Private Reform Of Tort-Law Dogma: Market Opportunities And Legal Obstacles, Clark C. Havighurst
Law and Contemporary Problems
No abstract provided.