Volume 26 - Number 10 | July 2009
| July Issue in PDF Format … |
| Off-Label Promotion of Drugs and Medical Devices By Michael Kendall and Nicole Colby Longton A spate of billion- and hundred-million-dollar settlements with the Department of Justice (DOJ) illustrates how the investigation of off-label promotions of drugs and devices has emerged as a predominant theory in pharmaceutical and medical-device prosecutions. |
| Stimulus Funds For Electronic Medical Record Systems By Jonathan Bick One of the newer ideas for reducing medical errors is to have medical providers use electronic medical record keeping methods. However, the single greatest inhibitor to taking advantage of technology is the requirement for an initial investment and, in the medical records technology area, this could be significant. |
| New Jersey’s Medical Error Reporting Law, And What It Will Accomplish By John Ratkowitz An examination of the reasons why health care providers fail to meet their ethical obligation to disclose errors can shed light on how mandatory error reporting will change malpractice litigation. |
| The HITECH Act And Health Care Attorneys By Lee. S. Atckinson President Barack Obama executed The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the "Stimulus Act") on Feb. 17, 2009. The new legislation, while aimed at stimulating the economy and increasing patient safety, has another side that health law attorneys need to be aware of. |
| Med Mal News The latest news you need to know. |
| Drug & Device News Recent happenings of importance. |
| Verdicts Recent rulings of importance to you and your practice. |
| Movers & Shakers Who's doing what; who's going where. |
