Displaying 1-10 of 100 Medico Legal Issues articles.
April 2013
- Medico Legal Issues
In the case of Grinham v Tabro Meats Mr Grinham sued his former employer Tabro Meats Pty Ltd after he contracted Q fever virus during his time working at an abattoir. Tabro joined Mr Grinham’s GP, Dr Catherine Murray, to the claim seeking to recover from her the workers compensation it paid to Mr Grinham.
Mr Grinham’s claim against Tabro settled but the trial proceeded and was primarily focused on the legal obligation of a doctor to recall a patient who does not return for consultation/testing despite being advised to.
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February 2013
- Medico Legal Issues
We recommend that you contact MIGA when you need to consider a request. This is because reimbursement does not necessarily mean the end of the matter and it is important to talk through with us how to best achieve closure.
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December 2012
- Medico Legal Issues
As most practitioners would be aware Medicare rebates have been available since July 2011 for tele-health services. While this area of medicine provides a much needed resource to service remote communities that are often devoid of specialist services in particular, care needs to be taken that appropriate standards are met noting the lack of traditional face to face consultation.
Furthermore to be entitled to Medicare benefits the health practitioner will need to ensure that the Medicare item descriptor is satisfied for each tele-health consultation.
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December 2012
- Medico Legal Issues
MIGA is committed to being there for our clients when they need us. We pride ourselves on the level and extent of the service provided by our in-house solicitors and our panel of external solicitors.
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October 2012
- Medico Legal Issues
MIGA encourages our clients to call us for advice in relation to any medico-legal matter, whenever they need it. We understand that sometimes this advice may need to be documented or stored by the doctor or midwife.
Where you keep written correspondence to and from MIGA or your own notes of verbal advice received will differ depending on the situation. It is important to understand when it is appropriate for it to go into the health record and when it is not.
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October 2012
- Medico Legal Issues
Many health practitioners have been involved in buying a medical practice. Usually included in the sale are the clinical records of the patients of the practice.
Care needs to be taken in this process to ensure you avoid your first correspondence being a complaint from the Australian Information Commissioner ("AIC") (formerly the Privacy Commissioner).
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