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Barry Nilsson Health Files

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Issue 02 - December 2011


	Welcome to the second edition of Healthfiles. Thank you to all of you who sent through kind words of support following the release of our first edition in November. Our aim is to keep this newsletter informative, interesting and at times even a little entertaining. I encourage people to continue to send comments, contributions and critiques. In the past month there have been no significant decisions handed down by the Australian courts. Notwithstanding, and apart from the recent arrest of Hohepa Morehu–Barlow (accused of defrauding Queensland Health of in excess of $16million) there are still many things happening in this dynamic area of the law. This is our final edition of Healthfiles for 2011. The Healthfiles team would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. See you in 2012. Robert Samut

		Robert Samut +61 7 3231 6326 > email Robert


		Joanna Burton +61 7 3231 6375 > email Joanna

KEY POINTS

	Senate inquiry into regulatory standards for medical devices may have broader implications for doctors and hospitals

	Effective delivery and implementation of e-health records is critical

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	Defective Hip Replacements - Implications for Doctors and Hospitals The recall of DePuy metal on metal hip replacements (manufactured by Johnson & Johnson Medical and implanted in approximately 5,500 Australian patients) has been widely publicised. Read more Electronic Health Records - Handle with extreme care No matter which side of politics you support, and to the many in the “neither” camp, it is fair to say that the Federal government has had some unfortunate outcomes with the delivery and implementation of, what many see to have been, meritorious policies and ideas. Read more Limitation Periods - Whose side is time on? On 1 April 2009 an article in the Cairns Post caught the attention of 3 women who had undergone plastic surgery procedures in 2004, 2005 and 2006 with Cairns surgeon Dr Isolde Hertess. For each of the women, the article was said to be the catalyst for making enquiries as to whether they had a right of action against Dr Hertess. Read more In the United States... Land of the free and seriously high damages awards! Read more Who said insurance isn’t an emotional purchase? Psychologist and Nobel prize winning economist Daniel Kahneman was recently interviewed in TIME Magazine. Mr Kahneman, the author of Thinking Fast And Slow, talks of people being blind to their own blindness. Read more

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