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Shopping for Surgery - June 2015 - Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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3 3 J U N E 2 0 1 5 | O U T P AT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E Cleared for Surgery? You should have a clear protocol for obtaining medical clearances. A s a med- ical malpractice attorney and former physi- cian, I've seen several recent lawsuits with the same unset- tling theme: patients getting wheeled back to the OR without having been properly cleared for surgery. Many of these cases involve patients with blood clotting or coagulation conditions. These known or suspected medical diagnoses require hematology clearance that is sometimes overlooked or missed entirely. Typically, a lack of proper communication between the patient, the hematologist, and the surgi- cal facility is the root of the problem. In a recent case, this lack of M E D I C A L M A L P R A C T I C E Leon Aussprung, MD, JD, LL.M z MEDICAL CLEARANCE Patients are often put into the difficult situation of collecting records or getting surgical clearances under serious time constraints.

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