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By David Donovan BridgeTower Media Newswires RALEIGH, NC — When Microsoft announced in December that it was removing language from contracts signed by some of its employees that required them to pursue any sexual harassment claims against the company through ...

By Brandy Burnette Balding A “do not resuscitate” tattoo on a Florida patient’s chest was the subject of much discussion after a November 2017 case report in the New England Journal of Medicine.1 This pa- tient’s tattoo should not be ...

By Ruth T. Griggs Healthcare providers are accustomed to adult involvement in the medical care of most “unemancipated” minors – minors who are not legally independent from their parents. Access to the minor’s records and/or medical information often goes hand ...

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In 2016, our sister publication, Virginia Lawyers Weekly, reported 16 medical malpractice defense wins in which the plaintiff sought a recovery of $1 million or more. For inclusion in the survey, the final demand or amount sued for must have ...

By W. Scott Johnson In the 2016 session of the Virginia General Assembly, Del. Greg Ha­beeb, R-Salem, introduced House Bill 1130 to establish a fee schedule governing requests for patient re­cords maintained electronically and to revise the fee schedule for ...

By Brandy Burnette Balding As the opioid crisis in Virginia has escalated, several new laws and regulations have been adopted that affect the Prescription Monitor­ing Program and its database. Many of the new laws and regulations con­cern a provider’s duty ...

By Aaron Rothert Let’s face it: We need email. But we also need a way to control the beast that email can become. It is estimated that almost 30 percent of our workday is consumed by dealing with email. How do ...

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