COBRA waters look no clearer after recent reversal

Article Abstract:

Hospital emergency medical services may suffer from a recent federal appellate court ruling that hospitals are not liable for the diversion of patients via radio communications during emergency ambulance runs. The earlier ruling held that hospitals were liable according to regulations of the Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1985. The court ruled in Johnson v. University of Chicago Hospitals that the hospital was not exposed to liability when it diverted an ambulance over the radio during an emergency run.

Laws, regulations and rules, Emergency medical services, Hospital emergency services

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Medical staff development: board role crucial

Article Abstract:

Hospital boards are taking an active role in medical staff development, because of what they see as a deficit in primary care. An increasingly competitive market and the on-going restructuring of the medical care system has created a need for quality primary care personnel. Information is presented on strategies that hospital boards are utilizing to develop their medical staffs.

Human resource management, Column, Training, Medical personnel, Medical personnel training

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