Presented By: DRI

The program will address the challenges that hospitals face in their efforts to minimize the risks of litigation exposure while maintaining a high quality of care and patients’ confidence in quality and accountability.  It will analyze some regulatory standards and legal issues that can expose hospitals to litigation in Connecticut.  The lessons learned in Connecticut can be instructive across the country.

Who Should Attend: 

• Hospital and health system operators and managers
• Professional healthcare associations and administration organizations
• In-house counsel
• Liability insurance carriers
• CME/CE providers

What Will You Learn?: 

• Scope of hospital's liability for:
•   professional negligence (medical malpractice) by attending healthcare provider:      
• hospitalist (in-patient physician who works exclusively in a hospital)    
• non-employee physician (independent contractor)
• corporate negligence and unfair trade practices