Power Morcellator Lawsuit Attorneys at Bernstein Liebhard Comment on Passage of Legislation to Improve Medical Device Monitoring
The controversy surrounding the use of power morcellators (http://www.morcellatorlawsuit2015.com) in gynecological surgeries was the inspiration behind a legislative effort to improve medical device monitoring, Bernstein Liebhard LLP reports. On July 10, 2015, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the "21st Century Cures Act," which includes a provision that would require the make or model number of medical devices to be included in patients' medical records in order to improve the tracking of adverse outcomes. The amendment was one of several...
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