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The nurses have an obligation to ensure that the patient knows what the procedure is and understands what she’s having done in general terms, not technical terms.

“The court would not allow Mr K’s deposition testimony to be considered as part of the summary judgment motion because of the Dead Man’s Statute, which prohibits a party from testifying to their own interest as to their personal communication with a deceased person on the principle that the deceased would be unable to refute the claims.”

Judge Patrick Corum ruled that the hospital was profoundly negligent during delivery, describing its care as comparable to giving birth in “the most dangerous place on the planet.”

As modest reductions in weight can improve fertility, the risk of unintended pregnancy is significant if effective contraception is not used.

Among the 2023 ASHP Pharmacy Forecast panelists, 73% predicted that health systems will be required to validate the safety and effectiveness of AI tools, while only 37% reported that they were prepared to perform the validation.

“The death of almost one million Americans during the opioid epidemic has been one of the cardinal failures of the public health establishment,” said FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, M.D., M.P.H. “This long-overdue labeling change is only part of what needs to be done — we also need to modernize our approval processes and post-market monitoring so that nothing like this ever happens again.”