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Medical Malpractice
KDDK attorneys Stephen S. Lavallo and Michael G. Smith will be the featured speakers for the Indiana Occupational Therapy Association (IOTA) Southwest District’s upcoming seminar presentation: “Legal Aspects of Documentation”   Steve Lavallo has more than 25 years’ experience representing businesses in the defense of worker’s compensation claims. He will discuss important aspects of record keeping for healthcare providers....
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In this digital age, it seems that everything is being recorded. Audio and video recording of ballgames, meetings and birthday parties with a cell phone is the norm. However, what about a patient’s office visit or a surgical procedure when the patient is under anesthesia? Can a patient in Indiana record these encounters? Should physicians and other...
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Ever increasing demands are being placed on the American health care industry by our growing population and the complexity of medicine. In response, our health care system is seeing an explosion in the ancillary health care professions, including advanced practice nurses. In Indiana, an advanced practice nurse (APN) may be authorized by law to independently evaluate...
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Ever since the signing into law of the Indiana Medical Malpractice Act (MMA) by Governor Otis Bowen in 1975, physicians and other health care providers in Indiana have had no worries about potential exposure of their personal assets as the result of a judgment in favor of a patient in a medical malpractice lawsuit. This...
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