Legal Issues in Quality for Healthcare Institutions provides the perspective of practicing physicians, lawyers, and academic legal scholars to comprehensively address the implications for quality of care and patient safety both from a legal, medical, and improvement science standpoint. Hospital administrators, physicians, nurses, researchers, legal scholars, as well as regulatory and compliance officers working in hospitals and acute care facilities will find this to be a helpful resource in understanding and addressing the many facets and issues in the field of medicine and law related to quality and patient safety.
1. The legal field shaping healthcare quality and safety
2. The role of legal evidence in health care quality and safety
3. Compliance and Regulatory issues in hospitals and healthcare institutions: Implications for Clinicians and Administrators
4. Healthcare Fraud, False Claims, whistle blower suits and its impact on Quality in hospitals and nursing homes
5. Health Care System Malpractice, Tort Reform and Quality of Healthcare delivery
6. Antitrust issues, Health system mergers, and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)
7. International perspectives of Law and Healthcare Quality
8. Emerging Legal Issues in Healthcare Quality and Safety – Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and New Technology
9. Glossary of Legal and Medical Terms
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