While California awaits a ruling from the state’s Supreme Court on a related Elder Abuse Act issue, an intermediate appellate court has rejected a patient’s attempt to blur the distinction between medical negligence and elder abuse.

Communicating critical test results is often done at multiple levels. But sometimes one or more channels will breakdown and expected redundancies will evaporate.

California’s interests in curbing drug abuse can overcome a patient’s expectation of privacy in his or her prescription history stored on the state’s CURES database, according to the Court of Appeal.

One doctor's California Supreme Court case shows why whistleblower suits must be treated separately from peer review.

Physicians can't do everything in the office, but being directly involved in critical communications can provide further protection against medical errors.