Professional Liability – Physicians and Physicians' Associations

Among the examples of professional liability matters we have assisted physicians and physicians' associations with are:

• Successfully assisting a physician in Yellowknife responding to a Medical Board of Inquiry hearing relating to complaints of breach of confidence;
• Representing a physician in Fort Smith charged with inappropriate conduct in conjunction with a medical examination;
• Representing a provincial medical association in making submissions on behalf of Alberta physicians to a Privacy Commissioner's Investigation regarding the sale of health provider information to an international pharmaceutical association;
• Defending a physician being sued by the estate of a former patient for damages arising from an alleged failure to detect and properly treat an infection;
• Assisting the Alberta Medical Association in establishing a Peer Review Committee to provide independent advice to government in relation to Alberta Health Care Insurance claims;
• Representing several physicians called to give evidence at a coroner's inquest arising from the death of a patient while in RCMP custody;
• Assisting various physicians and physician groups in establishing practices or in joining existing medical practices;
• Defending physicians sued as a result of an alleged failure to properly monitor day passes granted to a psychiatric patient;
• Successfully assisting a physician in responding to a Medical Board of Inquiry complaint alleging medical misconduct in failing to detect cancerous growths in the context of annual physical examinations;
• Working with various consultants to establish Primary Care Networks throughout Alberta designed to provide multi-disciplinary family practice models;
• Assisting a provincial medical association in negotiations with the Workers' Compensation Board in arriving at a long term agreement with physicians on the treatment of workers and the form of reporting;
• Working with the Alberta Medical Association on various projects involving electronic medical records and the various and complex issues surrounding that evolution;
• Assisting a provincial medical association in responding to a complaint to the Privacy Commissioner for the Province of Alberta regarding an alleged failure to properly respond to a request for health information; and
• Representing a Northwest Territories physician in appealing a health board's refusal to grant hospital privileges.

For further information

To find out more about our firm’s health law experience and expertise, please contact Jon Rossall at 780.482.9216 or email jrossall@mross.com.

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