Ruling means 'corporate liability' applies to hospitals

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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that hospitals have a responsibility to their patients to maintain safe facilities, hire competent doctors, supervise medical professionals within the hospital and strive to offer good health care. The ruling establishes corporate liability for hospitals, which have been exempt from the theory in the past because of their charitable status. The court said hospitals are increasingly becoming corporations.

Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors, Business Regulation NEC-State, Social policy, Commercial law, Tort liability, Tort liability of hospitals, Pennsylvania. Supreme Court

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Calif. board seeking fines for peer review reporting breach

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South Valley Hospital, Gilroy, CA, is threatened with a $10,000 civil penalty for failing to report to the California Medical Board disciplinary action against two anesthesiologists. The Inspector General of the Dept of Health & Human Services also reports that the National Practitioner Data Bank appears to contain insufficient data. Doctors want peer reviews to remain private, and hospitals are concerned about avoiding litigation.

Administration of Public Health Programs, Offices & clinics of medical doctors, Physicians & Surgeons, Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists), Health Programs-State, Discipline, Physicians, Medical professions, Health policy, California. Board of Medical Quality Assurance, South Valley Hospital (Gilroy, California)

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