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HealthBlawg :: David Harlow\'s Health Care Law Blog - December 08, 2011

HealthBlawg :: David Harlow\'s Health Care Law Blog - December 08, 2011
On my way to the annual two-day blowout health law seminar put on by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) on Monday -- I was second in the lineup, speaking about post-acute care and some of the innovations in that arena for dual eligibles, among other things -- I heard a fascinati
HealthBlawg :: David Harlow\'s Health Care Law Blog - December 08, 2011
The HITECH Act called for stepped-up HIPAA privacy and security and breach notification rule enforcement with respect to covered entities and business associates, to be accomplished by spot-check a
HealthBlawg :: David Harlow\'s Health Care Law Blog - December 08, 2011

HealthBlawg :: David Harlow\'s Health Care Law Blog - December 08, 2011

HealthBlawg :: David Harlow\'s Health Care Law Blog - December 08, 2011
I'm at TEDxCambridge today.  Should be interesting.  Follow along on Twitter at #TEDxC or right here: <a href="http://www.cover
HealthBlawg :: David Harlow\'s Health Care Law Blog - December 08, 2011
The Wall of Shame welcomes Sutter Health. Another computer with unencrypted protected health inf
HealthBlawg :: David Harlow\'s Health Care Law Blog - December 08, 2011
As patients, as family members, as friends, as health care providers, we have all faced end-of-life issues at one time or another, and we will face them again.  And again.  This weekend, for the fourth year in a row, the "Engage With Grace" message is being broadcast virally, through
HealthBlawg :: David Harlow\'s Health Care Law Blog - December 08, 2011
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care is re-launching Let's Talk Health Care, which started life as former CEO Charlie Baker's blog. There's a series of related discussions going on now in the
HealthBlawg :: David Harlow\'s Health Care Law Blog - December 08, 2011

Chicago Medical Malpractice Lawyer Blog - December 08, 2011
Two recent malpractice lawsuits are bringing issues of care to the forefront. From Bloomberg News, Laurence Viele Davidson reports on a $2.1 million settlement
Chicago Medical Malpractice Lawyer Blog - December 08, 2011
Many wrongly assume that medical malpractice cases are frivolous; or, that medical malpractice lawyers are merely trying to make money by suing doctors for petty mistakes. The opposite is true. Mike Stobbe writes on a study by the New England Journal of Medicine
Chicago Medical Malpractice Lawyer Blog - December 08, 2011
The Penn State sexual abuse scandal reveals a pattern of conduct that the trial lawyers at Hurley McKenna & Mertz are well-acquainted witha man in a position of power at a loved and respect
Chicago Medical Malpractice Lawyer Blog - December 08, 2011
The Penn State sexual abuse scandal reminds us as trial lawyers that large institutions that deal with children do a terrible job of policing themselves when it comes to child sexual abuse
Chicago Medical Malpractice Lawyer Blog - December 08, 2011
The Penn State sexual abuse scandal reminds us that state and federal laws may mandate that a teacher or coach, such as Coach Paterno and the assitant coaches and administrators at Penn State, has a duty to report suspected sexual abuse of children to the police. As discussed in a recent