And this doesn't even begin to touch controversial issues like outcomes-based medicine, which might mean fewer mammograms, CT scans, and other procedures that irradiate us often unnecessarily as the doctor either tries to prevent malpractice allegations or perhaps even owns the imaging center.
GPs also ordered radiography to secure documentation in case the patient claimed for insurance compensation, or to prevent malpractice litigation.
Second, pass a law that prevents malpractice lawsuits except for a health care provider who intentionally neglects a patient (take away the licenses of poor providers).
The first specific programmes for physicians (Physicians Health Programss, PHPs) suffering from mental disorders (ie, sick doctors) were developed in the USA since the late 1970s with the main aim of preventing malpractice behaviours, mainly related to drug and alcohol misuse.
A federal appeals court in San Francisco heard arguments on Wednesday over whether a California law banning gay "conversion therapy" for minors is an unjustified infringement on free speech or a valid effort to prevent therapeutic malpractice.
All in all, the European legislation requires that all statutory auditors and auditing firms should be submitted to regular inspections conducted by independent bodies and that Member States should implement effective investigation and disciplinary systems that would help to detect and prevent audit malpractice.
So this bill is helping to prevent against malpractice or a mother being rushed to the hospital with an ectopic pregnancy because the doctor didn't do any imaging before the abortion".
Defensive medicine has been defined as the practice of ordering tests, procedures, and visits or the practice of avoiding treatments for patients considered at high-risk, in order to prevent medical malpractice claims [ 1, 2].
To take care of security related issues at high priority and to prevent various malpractices & abuses made by agents or others, the site owners have imposed various types of restrictions for using the website or its database.
Even the most recalcitrant tend to come around, however, when a safety check catches one of their mistakes, possibly saving a patient and preventing a malpractice suit.
Even if there was fraud in the 2013 elections, his critics say that as prime minister, he should have been able to prevent such alleged malpractices as the doctoring of the electoral roll.
