The Impact of Criminal Conviction in Health Care - Consultant360

​​​​​​In this episode, John W. Harrington, MD, speaks about a former nurse who was found guilty of the accidental injection death of a 75-year-old patient. Dr Harrington speaks about why the criminally negligent homicide and gross neglect of an impaired adult convictions are controversial and how the precedent could complicate efforts to recruit and retain health care professionals.

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John W. Harrington, MD, is the vice president of quality, safety, and clinical integration at Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters and the division director of General Academic Pediatrics (Norfolk, VA).