Administrative procedures in cases of medical errors: the jurisdiction of the hospitalist
Bernard, M.G.
Archives des Maladies du Coeur et des Vaisseaux 97(4): 358-361
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-9683 PMID: 15182079 Document Number: 570007
The administrative jurisdiction is, with the exception of free practice within hospitals, that which judges whether actions of hospital doctors are at fault, and evaluates the harm done to the plaintiff. After a reminder of the fundamentals of medical liability as regards the administration, a short update on private practice in hospital, and the notion of fault being separate from the hospital function, the author analyses the important elements such as the concept of the preliminary decision and the status of the expert, and then a number of characteristic elements of this type of procedure, stressing in particular the absolute necessity of a perfectly kept hospital medical record.