Warnick M P
Fedota Childers & Rocca, Chicago, IL 60602, USA.
J Med Pract Manage. 1999 Jul-Aug;15(1):36-41.
T Employment related exposures are quickly becoming one of the largest liability exposures facing health care organizations, because employment claims as a whole are increasing in the courts and health care employees are usually highly paid professionals. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) presents its own particular exposure implications, particularly because a health care employer's decision as to whether its employed health care professional is qualified to continue working can often affect patient care. The focus of this article is on how Title I of the ADA affects employment decisions in the health care workplace and what a health care employer can do to mitigate its ADA exposure. This article describes the scope and effect that the ADA has on the health care workplace. It also outlines an ADA compliance program with protocols and procedures for addressing ADA issues that arise in a health care practice.
与就业相关的风险正迅速成为医疗保健机构面临的最大责任风险之一，原因在于就业索赔在法庭上总体呈上升趋势，而且医疗保健员工通常是高薪专业人员。《美国残疾人法案》（ADA）带来了其自身独特的风险影响，特别是因为医疗保健雇主关于其雇佣的医疗保健专业人员是否有资格继续工作的决定往往会影响患者护理。本文的重点是《美国残疾人法案》第一章如何影响医疗保健工作场所的就业决策，以及医疗保健雇主可以采取哪些措施来减轻其在《美国残疾人法案》方面的风险。本文描述了《美国残疾人法案》对医疗保健工作场所的范围和影响。它还概述了一个符合《美国残疾人法案》的计划，其中包含处理医疗保健实践中出现的《美国残疾人法案》问题的协议和程序。
