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Wisconsin supreme court rules that physicians must alert patients to all treatment options
Wisconsin’s supreme court ruled that William Brusky, MD, failed to inform a patient of alternate diagnostic and treatment options, according to the Fond Du Lac Reporter, a newspaper in Fond Du Lac, WI. A trial jury initially rejected the negligence claim against Brusky, and an appeals court upheld that determination, but the state supreme overturned it last Friday.
The patient claims that Brusky’s incorrect diagnosis and failure to provide him with complete information regarding treatment options caused irreparable damage, including slurred speach and partial paralysis.
If disclosure of all treatment options is a requirement, then how should hospital quality departments track that? Should such disclosures be in writing? What are your thoughts?
Audio Clip: Physician-Hospital Alignment
Wondering whether your facility should pursue a joint venture with several local physicians? Pondering the benefits of gain sharing? Debating over physician employment? Joint HCPro on June 16 for Physician-Hospital Alignment: Practical Tools and Models in Today’s Economy.
I had the opportunity to sit down with Robert “Buster” Mobley, MD, ACPE, executive vice president of medical affairs and quality, St. Dominic Jackson Memorial Hospital last week for a pre-program interview. Here’s an excerpt:
EJ: How does the physician economic alignment tool that you will be presenting during the audio conference help hospital and medical staff leaders make smart decisions with regard to various physician relationships?
RM: We’ve developed a framework tool that actually takes an organization through a process wherein they deal with certain required questions before they make a determination as far as an alignment strategy with a physician. That will include the discussion regarding the strategic value of such a decision. It will include the market assessment and the impact that will have on the local market. It deals with the alignment of the incentives, a very disciplined approach as to the return on investment, as well as an assessment of the threats that might be out there in regard to impact on your hospital’s line of business, as well as the legal perspectives.
Click below to listen to the full mini-interview.