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Unit 1 Discussion - Introduction and Statute
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Discussion: Unit 1, Due
Wednesday by 11:59 pm CT
Introduction and Statute of Limitation
Instructions
As a way of introducing yourselves to the instructor and your peers, please post the
following:
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Your name and a description of your current job. (If not employed, what are
your expectations when you complete your program?)
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What degree are you pursuing?
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A photo of yourself (self-portrait, or family, action photo)
Each state has their own statute of limitations, understanding what your state limitation
is will be very important to your professional health care career. In order to understand
this concept better, please review this information:
Please view the video “What is the statute of limitation to file a medical malpractice or
negligence claim” below and answer the following questions.
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Look up your Statute of Limitation for Malpractice or negligence in the state
you reside in.
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Share what you learned about your state’s statute of limitations to file a
medical malpractice or negligence claim.
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Could include:
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Pose a question relating to what you have learned about the
statute of limitations; answer that question with information that you
found relevant to the question.
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Relate a personal experience to the statute of limitations.
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Explain the statute of limitations to a patient in layman terms.
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Be creative.
Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA
format.
Estimated time to complete: 2 hours
Please review post and response expectations
.
Please review the rubric to
ensure that your response meets criteria.
Peer Response: Unit 1, Due
Sunday by 11:59 pm CT
Introduction and Statute of Limitation
Instructions
Please post 1 peer response.
In the response post, include the following:
Keeping in mind that everyone has a different opinion and working in healthcare you
cannot be biased towards your patients:
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Discuss similarities between your state’s statute of limitations and your state.
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Ask questions for clarification in your peer’s post.
Estimated time to complete: 1 hour
Please review post and response expectations
.
Please review the rubric to
ensure that your response meets criteria.
am currently a stay at home mother. My aspirations for gaining this diploma are to
become a remote medical coder. I am currently pursuing a diploma for medical billing
and coding. I look forward to hearing everyone thoughts about this discussion and the
discussions ahead of us and hope everyone has a wonderful term!
Medical malpractice and or negligence in Minnesota is required to be filed
within four years of the action date, or the date the malpractice occurred. Minnesota
places this time limitation based on the premise that credible evidence may be
diminished after this time period. Minnesota also follows the discovery rule, stating that
your four window statute period will begin either when you discover or should have
discovered the injury, but it also states that a lawsuit may not be brought on after four
years that the malpractice actually took place, regardless of when you discover your
injury. So, how I understand this is, if you discover your injury after the malpractice took
place, the statute gives you four years with which to go upon your criminal proceedings,
but any discovery found after four years of malpractice will be dismissed by the court.
(“Minnesota Medical Malpractice Laws”, 2023).
Something fascinating I learned particularly about Minnesota is the
possiblity of partial fault. “Minnesota, along with 32 other states recognizes the doctrine
of modified comparative fault. The doctrine allows a court to assign a percentage of
blame to each party involved in the lawsuit and any damage award is reduced in
proportion to your apportioned fault”. (“Minnesota Medical Malpractice Laws, 2023). If I
were to explain this to a patient in Layman’s terms, I would say this means that
Minnesota participates in a practice that shows if you are partially to blame, but the
license practice is also partially to blame, the court may grand you some percentage of
the damage and you could receive a portion of the monetary value the court deems is
appropriate. The person suing for the monetary value, according to Minnesota law, must
have contributed less than 50% of the damages done in order to obtain any monetary
value for their court case. (“Minnesota Medical Malpractice”, 2023). So, if the patient
would like to get any money out of suing a licensed medical professional, I would advise
them to make sure they understand they have to be less than half responsible for the
damages they have suffered.
References:
Gilman and Bedigian, LLC (2023).
Minnesota Medical Malpractice Laws
.
Gilmanbedigian.com. Retrieved October 27, 2023, from
https://www.gilmanbedigian.com/minnesota-medical-ma
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