FLAT Legal Journal
A health-department inspection team arrives — every facility worries. But health inspections follow strict legal procedure: proper preparation removes fear, and wrong conclusions can be appealed. Preparing for…
Read article ↗HIS (hospital management), LIS (laboratory), PACS (imaging) form the digitalization trio — but most healthcare IT disputes are not about technology; they are about sloppily drafted contracts. What…
Read article ↗Valuing a hospital is nothing like valuing a factory: tangible assets are only part of it — licences, doctors and patient flows decide real value. Valuation methods for…
Read article ↗Years of faithful premiums, then a denied hospital claim — most health-insurance disputes trace back to clauses the buyer never read at signing. Why do insurers deny payment?…
Read article ↗Hospital-acquired infection is the “invisible enemy” — and the subtlest legal battleground among medical incidents, because not every post-surgical infection is the hospital’s fault. Hospital infection-control standards The…
Read article ↗Wrong-side, wrong-patient surgery; a sponge left in the abdomen — “impossible” incidents that still happen, classified as serious medical incidents for which the facility is liable. The surgical…
Read article ↗Electronic medical records (EMR) are no longer “scans of paper files”: the law recognizes their independent legal value — provided the system meets technical standards and bears the…
Read article ↗A medical degree is not a lifetime pass: under the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 2023, continuing medical education (CME) is a practitioner’s duty and a condition…
Read article ↗Night duty is the hallmark of healthcare — and the top source of wage disputes, because night-shift pay is calculated differently from ordinary overtime. How night duty is…
Read article ↗The single most important tax point for healthcare: medical examination and treatment services are not subject to VAT — but the line between “treatment” and “beautification” is where…
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