Articles Tagged With: consent
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Closed Claims Study Shows Pain Management Risks as COVID-19 Contributes
An analysis of closed medical malpractice claims related to pain management identifies common areas of risk and reveals the COVID-19 pandemic has created new possibilities for liability. A top contributing factor in 90% of all closed claims was insufficient consent between the physician and the patient or family.
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Court Ruling on Life Support Withdrawal Affects Ethics Committees
Hospitals may need to afford more procedural due process when deciding on whether to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment without consent.
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Video Facilitates Informed Consent for ICU Procedures
Audiovisual modules may improve knowledge and comprehension of ICU procedures, according to the results of a study of critically ill surgical patients and their legally authorized representatives.
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Patients’ Easy Access to Records Means Complaints — and Chance to Avoid Litigation
Patients will no longer have to go through the discovery process during litigation to find out everything ED providers charted. Still, with patients reviewing all the clinical documentation, plenty of misunderstandings can happen.
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OHRP Looks Back at its First 20 Years
IRB Advisor asked OHRP to look back since its launch in June 2000 to see how human research protections has evolved.
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Privacy Remains Central Problem with Genomic Data-Sharing
Making the system more trustworthy requires greater transparency, clear principles of accountability, and more comprehensive laws and regulations that protect against discriminatory uses of genetic information. The results of a recent survey may reveal the work ahead.
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IRB Websites Can Offer a Wealth of Useful Tools
An important and useful function of an IRB’s website is its ability to give researchers — as well as the public — access to a wide variety of forms, guidance, and tools. When created well, an IRB’s website can be easy to navigate. It also should be updated with new and revised information regularly. Like crowdsourcing websites and with permission, an IRB’s website also can adopt and adapt tools that researchers and other IRBs have found useful.
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COVID-19 Pandemic Changed Informed Consent for Biobanking
Researchers have used the 2018 public health surveillance exception to the Common Rule for the first time during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the early weeks of the pandemic, researchers might have overused this exception. Federal agencies approved some protocols involving lines of genetic materials with explicit research purposes, even if these were secondary to the public health surveillance purpose.
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Appeals Court Affirms $9.2 Million Noneconomic Damages Award in Medical Battery Case
The most important lesson for physicians and care providers from this case is to always receive fully informed consent for the actual procedure performed. Receiving consent beforehand is a prerequisite, but if the circumstances change, or if a modification to the procedure appears appropriate, seek and receive consent again.
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Treatment Withdrawal Policies Could Harm Families
Chaplain: "Your patient is not just the person in the bed. It’s the whole family."