Healthcare Update — 01-07-2013

Colorado Medical Society files suit to prevent chiropractors from administering medications. The Chiropractic Board of Examiners created a rule permitting such actions after chiropractors complete 24 hours of study and a certification exam. I go against the grain on this one. Let chiropractors prescribe medications. After patients start experiencing bad outcomes because the 24 hour course chiropractors take doesn’t teach them about drug interactions or side effects, patients will learn to appreciate doctors a little more. Then throw a few chiropractors in jail for administering too much pain medication and see how many of them want to continue administering medications. Vermont Supreme Court rules that physicians are liable for the negligence of a physician assistant but not liable for unprofessional conduct of a physician assistant when physician assistant found to be inappropriately prescribing narcotics without physician’s knowledge. Docs be aware that when you agree to supervise PAs and NPs, there can be significant liability in doing so. Taiwan considers imposing limits on medical malpractice claims after penalties for physicians and proliferating lawsuits have driven physicians away from fields such as surgery and emergency medicine and there is now a “dwindling pool of qualified physicians in the key departments”. But think of how safe the patients must be as Taiwan sues its way to better health care. Influenza is rampant throughout most of the country. CD...
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