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New York Medical Malpractice

1/26/2008
Peter Panas
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Accreditation for Outpatient Medical Facilities – At Last
Last summer Governor Elliot Spitzer signed new public health legislation intended to increase New York’s oversight of outpatient medical facilities that provide office-based surgeries.  Facilities using moderate or heavy sedation will be required to seek accreditation by July 14, 2009, otherwise the doctor will lose his or her license.  These facilities must also report adverse events like patient deaths, serious occurrences, hospital transfers, or life-threatening events within 30 days.
This new legislation is intended to force outpatient medical facilities to follow the same standards as hospitals.  Many patients of these types of outpatient facilities might be surprised to find out how little oversight the State had prior to this new legislation.  We think it’s about time that office based surgeries received the same scrutiny and oversight as surgeries performed in hospitals.  Why should the location of the surgery make a difference in the quality of care that a patient receives?
Have you had surgery recently in an office-based practice?  Do you think this new legislation will make a difference?  Leave us a comment and tell us about it, then check out our article about avoidable surgical errors.



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