In healthcare, patient consent is a cornerstone of ethical practice. It represents patients’ fundamental right to make informed decisions about their medical care. However, what happens when this consent is breached, and patients face unforeseen consequences? This is where the expertise of a skilled plaintiff lawyer becomes paramount.
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In today’s dynamic healthcare landscape, practitioners face many challenges, including the ever-present threat of malpractice lawsuits. Like other healthcare professionals, optometrists must navigate complex legal terrain to protect their practices and reputations. In this blog post, we’ll delve into the importance of legal services in minimizing malpractice risk, providing actionable insights to empower optometrists in safeguarding their practices.
Read more...Among healthcare industry professionals, a national physician shortage is frequently debated. The rising costs of education and medical malpractice premiums are frequent scapegoats. The Illinois physician community is one where young doctors are asked whether they will remain and practice or seek a in a nearby state, something easier to do with the multi-state licensure […]
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Physicians and their patients all make their best efforts to exchange information to ensure great patient care. At points in the healthcare process, there can be mistakes leading to dissatisfied patients. In many cases, miscommunication and errors can be corrected with little harm done. In other instances, malpractice complaints are filed. Everyone involved in the […]
Read more...In Illinois, the Good Samaritan Act protects individuals giving instructions for aid, or rendering aid to others in emergencies, from civil liability for damages resulting in the process. Simply stated, a bystander or passerby who sees someone with an injury or emergency condition does not have a legal duty to stop and give general or […]
Read more...Every healthcare professional should take medical board hearings seriously. The individuals who sit on medical boards are charged with maintaining the high standards of conduct and practice required by the State of Illinois and its people who deserve quality health care. When patients believe that they received inadequate care, believe the physician was negligent, made […]
Read more...When someone we know is injured and it was not their fault, we often think of hiring a lawyer to get things put back in place where they were before and be compensated for pain and suffering. There are several elements that make up an individual’s damages when they are injured. Proving injuries and damages […]
Read more...The Illinois Professional Licensing Consultants is a group of highly experienced attorneys and investigators who represent and defend licensed professionals. The licensing consultants interviewed in this monthly program, previously worked for the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation, and will represent and/or defend licensed professionals in cases involving the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, […]
Read more...The Illinois Professional Licensing Consultants is a group of highly experienced attorneys and investigators who previously worked for the I.D.P.R. will represent and/or defend licensed professionals in cases involving the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Illinois Department of Public Aid and Illinois Department of Public Health. In this monthly podcast series our attorneys […]
Read more...Health law and litigation attorney, Michael V. Favia, of counsel to the law firm of Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A., will be a presenting speaker at the 2015 DRI Medical Liability and Health Care Law Seminar this March 12 and 13 in San Francisco, California. Former prosecutor for the Office of the Illinois Attorney General […]
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