Medical Professional Liability and the Delivery of Obstetrical Care Volume I (1989) / Chapter Skim
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Proposed by the American Medical Association and 32 medical specialty societies, this system would replace the existing civil justice system with one whereby claims would be resolved by reviewers and examiners under the jurisdiction of strengthened state medical boards or new state agencies. Amniocentesis: A procedure during pregnancy by which the abdominal wall and fetal membranes are punctured by a cannula (a small tube)
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and hemiparesis (muscle weakness or partial paralysis on one side of the body) are characteristic manifestations, and mental retardation, seizures, and dystonia (muscle tone disorders)
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Community Health Centers and Migrant Health Centers: Federally funded clinics providing primary health care services, including perinatal services, to medically underserved and disadvantaged populations who would otherwise not have access to such care. Contingent fee: An arrangement between attorney and client whereby the attorney agrees to represent the client for a percentage of the amount recovered: for example, 25 percent if the case is settled, 30 percent if the case goes to trial.
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Experience rating: The practice of basing professional liability insurance premiums on a group's claims experience. Family physicians: General practitioners whose comprehensive specialty takes into account social, physiological, economic, cultural, and biological dimensions of health care.
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Infant mortality rate: Number of deaths per 1,000 infants in the first year of life. Informed consent: The name for the general principle of law describing the physician's duty to disclose to the patient the risks involved in a proposed course oftreatment, as well as the optional or alternative courses of treatment available, so that the patient may intelligently exercise his or her judgment by balancing the probable risks of the procedure against the probable benefits.
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Medicaid: A joint federal-state program under which the federal government sets basic standards and provides matching funds and the states establish eligibility, benefits, and reimbursement rates to provide health care to the poor. States that participate in the program must cover the categorically needy, that is, persons eligible for cash welfare benefits, and may also cover the mecizcally needy, that is, persons whose incomes are high enough to disqualify them from cash assistance but not high enough to pay their medical bills.
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States differ in the number, composition, and method of selection of members of screening panels, in the type of evidence that will be reviewed, and in the rules regarding subsequent admissibility of the panel's findings. Provider mutuals, residuals: Insurance companies established by medical societies.
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Risk management activities include data gathering and analysis, clinical standard setting and the development of protocols, education, and discounted premiums as incentives to involve physicians in risk management activities. Risk retention groups: Groups that may provide or obtain liability insurance under an exemption from many state laws.
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Dots produced on a display for each echo reflection coalesce and form an echo outline of the anatomic structures being examined. It is particularly useful for evaluating the viability and development of the fetus and for locating the placenta.
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