Dr. William Maisel, the founder and Director of MDSI, is a Board Certified cardiologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Maisel, a nationally recognized expert on medical device safety, has served as an FDA consultant for more than five years and is former Chair of the FDAs Heart Device and Post Market Advisory Panels. Dr. Maisel has testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform regarding medical device safety issues and serves on the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Medical Coverage Advisory Committee.
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Top insurer tells 1,000 GPs not to give swine flu vaccine
An insurance company has warned 1,000 GPs not to administer the swine flu vaccine.
The HSE plans to enlist family doctors to give the swine flu vaccine to patients with pre-existing medical conditions.
But an insurance company which covers around 1,000 of the 2,200 to 2,500 GPs in the country advised them not to sign up for the work because of legal indemnity issues.
The HSE has given GPs until today to sign up to give the vaccine to 400,000 of their patients with certain medical conditions from next week.
Medisec Ireland, which covers around 1,000 GPs, told their members yesterday not to sign up until all indemnity issues were resolved.
GP sources said last night this may lead some doctors who have signed up to withdraw their participation in the programme.
In a letter to the doctors Medisec said it was unclear where a GP would legally stand if they exercised their discretion not to give the vaccine to their patients.
There are also unresolved legal issues around the doctors identifying and offering the vaccine to at-risk patients.
The company said the Irish Medical Organisation had been trying to negotiate an acceptable resolution to the serious medico/legal issues with the HSE, but had not been successful.
Other concerns relate to the cost of legal representation for doctors who may find themselves before their disciplinary body the Medical Council if they fail to give the vaccine to a patient.
They could also have to go before the same body for exercising their clinical judgment not to administer the vaccine to a patient of another doctor who had been referred to them.
Concern
The letter to GPs said that while the administration of the vaccine would be deemed normal work and covered by a doctor’s policy, the outstanding issues of concern
might not fall into this category due to the amount of work involved and could lead to “adverse indemnity consequences”.
It added: “Accordingly, in the circumstances, we do not recommend our members to sign up for the programme until all issues have been resolved.”
The other company indemnifying doctors, the Medical Protection Society, is believed to have indicated GPs could go ahead with the vaccinations.
The HSE may have to extend today’s deadline for more clarification. It plans to publicise the rollout of the vaccine to at-risk patients tomorrow.
- Eilish O’Regan, Health Correspondent
Irish Independent
Teva’s Year of Affordable Healthcare campaign is a nationwide call for increased access to affordable healthcare for American citizens. The program coincides with the 25th anniversary of the landmark Hatch-Waxman Act which created the modern generic drugs industry and has saved billions of healthcare dollars.
For more information, visit http://www.yearofaffordablehealth.com
Teva’s Year of Affordable Healthcare campaign is a nationwide call for increased access to affordable healthcare for American citizens. The program coincides with the 25th anniversary of the landmark Hatch-Waxman Act, which created the modern generic pharmaceutical industry and has saved billions of healthcare dollars.
The Year of Affordable Healthcare kicked off with the release of a national poll that finds many Americans, due to the economic crisis, have skipped their doses of medication to save money.
Teva also kicked off the campaign with the release of the first in a series of videos designed to illustrate the important savings generic drugs have produced for everyday Americans since Hatch-Waxman passed.
Learn more at: http://www.yearofaffordablehealth.com
Teva’s Year of Affordable Healthcare campaign is a nationwide call for increased access to affordable healthcare for American citizens. The program coincides with the 25th anniversary of the landmark Hatch-Waxman Act which created the modern generic drugs industry and has saved billions of healthcare dollars.
For more information, visit http://www.yearofaffordablehealth.com
Dr. William Maisel, the founder and Director of MDSI, is a Board Certified cardiologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Maisel, a nationally recognized expert on medical device safety, has served as an FDA consultant for more than five years and is former Chair of the FDAs Heart Device and Post Market Advisory Panels. Dr. Maisel has testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform regarding medical device safety issues and serves on the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Medical Coverage Advisory Committee.
Top insurer tells 1,000 GPs not to give swine flu vaccine
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Teva’s Year of Affordable Healthcare campaign is a nationwide call for increased access to affordable healthcare for American citizens. The program coincides with the 25th anniversary of the landmark Hatch-Waxman Act which created the modern generic drugs industry and has saved billions of healthcare dollars.
Teva’s Year of Affordable Healthcare campaign is a nationwide call for increased access to affordable healthcare for American citizens. The program coincides with the 25th anniversary of the landmark Hatch-Waxman Act, which created the modern generic pharmaceutical industry and has saved billions of healthcare dollars.
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Teva’s Year of Affordable Healthcare campaign is a nationwide call for increased access to affordable healthcare for American citizens. The program coincides with the 25th anniversary of the landmark Hatch-Waxman Act which created the modern generic drugs industry and has saved billions of healthcare dollars.