What’s New in Health Law

New Cases
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Hospital Not Liable for Physician’s Alleged Failure to Get Informed Consent

A New York appellate court ruled that a hospital could not be liable for the failure of physicians not employed by the hospital to obtain a patient’s informed consent when a different procedure than the one the patient consented to was performed, unless the hospital knew or should have known that the private physician was acting or would act without the patient’s informed consent.

Cynamon v. Mount Sinai Hosp.

To read more about this case and other new cases, visit our What’s New page.
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Question of the Week

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What responsibility does the hospital have under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (“EMTALA”) to stabilize an individual with an emergency medical condition once he/she is admitted as an inpatient at the hospital?

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