Ethics & Health Law Experience / Consultation

Ethics Experience / Consultation

Dr. Robbins extensive experience in clinical ethics, policy and procedures development, and educational programs can assist your organization develop or revitalize your ethics committee and assist you in reshaping the way you do business. He is also available as an expert witness.

Educational Experience

Fellow in Kennedy Interfaculty Program in Medical Ethics through the Division of Legal Medicine at Harvard.

Formal Coursework in Medical Jurisprudence

• Human Rights in Health (Harvard School Public Health)
• Law and Medicine (Harvard Medical School)
• Law and Public Policy (Harvard School Public Health)

Law School Courses

• Torts I
• Torts II
• Health Law
• Law and Political Process
• Products Liability

Formal Coursework in Ethics

• Ph.D. in Philosophy
• Year-long Fellow in Ethics at Harvard
• Hogg Fellowship UT Galveston
• NEH Fellowship University of Kentucky

Advanced Training in Ethics/Ethics Fellowships

• Harvard University (Kennedy Interfaculty Program in Medical Ethics (1979-1980)
• University of Texas Galveston (Summer 1980)
• University of Kentucky-Lexington (Summer 1983)

Ethics Content Advisor for National Programs

• National Managed Healthcare Congress
• The Joint Commission
• The American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians
• Mosby
• Medical Media Associates
• Medical Education Resources International
• Case Management Society of America
• McGraw-Hill
• Hill-Rom
• Bimark

Clinical Ethicist

• Sinai Hospital (MI) Director of Medical Ethics MICU, CCU, SICU, Oncology, and Pulmonary)
• In House Clinical Ethicist Consultant for Allen Park VA in conjunction with:

Wayne State Medical School

Wm. Beaumont Hospital (MI)

The Levine Institute on Aging

VA Medical Centers in IL, MI, KY, SD, WV

AMI Hospitals

HCA

Several Prominent National Law Firms

Several National Health Care Associations

Center for Case Management Outcomes and Accountability Task Force

Publications

• Author of 8 books: 3 sole author, 2 edited, 1 jointly edited
• Managed Care on Trial: Recapturing Trust, Integrity, and Accountability in Healthcare
• Weaving Wellness Into the Mainstream : New Frontiers in Integrative Medicine (In press)
• Integrating Managed Care and Ethics: Transforming Challenges into Positive Outcomes  
• Putting Promises Into Practice
• Ethical and Legal Issues in Home Health and Long Term Care
• Present in ten author's books dealing with a wide range of issues including economics, ethics, end of life decision making, outcomes, decision theory, and health law
• Over 200 articles and reviews

Editorial Boards (Ethics Advisor / Contributor)

• American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians
• Managed Healthcare
• Managed Healthcare Executive
• Home Health Management and Practice
• McGraw-Hill Companies
• Journal of Emergency Nursing

National Board Exam Development

• The American Board of Quality Assurance and Risk Management Physicians
• The National Board of Medical Examiners

Policy and Procedures Development Coupled with In-service Education

• Kentucky Hospital Association (developed model withholding/withdrawing life prolonging procedures for all affiliated KHA hospitals in the Commonwealth)
• Princeton Insurance Company
• Michigan Non Profit Homes Association (Developed 4 state/Canada LTC conference)
• Glaxo Wellcome Pharmaceuticals (ethics programs around nation past 10 years)
• San Dimas Hospital (CA) (Integrated Policy development)
• Glendora Hospital (CA) (Integrated Policy development)
• John Randolph Hospital (VA) (Integrated Policy development)
• HCA Bluegrass Hospital (KY) (Integrated Policy development)
• Pontiac General Hospital (MI) (Integrated Policy development)
• Commonwealth of Massachusetts Mental Health and End of Life Issues
• Battle Creek VA (MI) Mental Health and End of Life Issues
• Tri-cities Hospital, Oceanside CA (Integrated Policy development)
• Muhlenberg Medical Center New Jersey (Integrated Policy development)
• SE Baptist Regional Medical Center (Integrated Policy development)
• Baptist Medical Center and Lourdes Hospital (Integrated Policy development)
• Arizona Baptist Hospital System (System wide ethics consultant)
• Providence Hospital (MI) Ethics and Risk Management Consultant

Policy/Standards Related

• The Arkansas Cost Containment Commission
• The Joint Commission (in house consultant re networks, managed care, LTC, and Home Health educational programs, international and field education programs)
• The California Hospital Association
• AMI Hospitals of California
• The Arizona Baptist Hospital System
• The Kentucky Baptist Hospital System
• NJ Citizens Bioethics Advisory Commission
• International Workgroup on Dying, Death, & Bereavement

National Tours

• Toured the nation for three years offering hundreds of programs on "Standards and Liability Surrounding Informed Consent and End of Life Decision Making: A Guide for Ethics Committees"
• "Pulling the Plug"
• "The Integrated Policy"
• "Withholding / Withdrawing Life-prolonging Medical Procedures: A Guide for Ethics Committees"

Videotape Development

• Health Care Satellite Network (NJ) National Interview
• Hospital Satellite Network (CA) National Interview 6000 Hospitals
• The Health Channel Interview (Baylor Medical Center, Houston) - International Audience
• University of Texas-Southwestern
• American Educational Institute
• Mosby MCMC
• Case Management Society of America

Health Law Experience

Dr. Robbins is available to assist you in developing policies and procedures, grievance policies as well as serve as an expert witness. He is also available to design risk management strategies and revitalize your ethics committee.

Legislative Development (active developing/influencing ethic-specific legislation)

• Maine
• Massachusetts
• Rhode Island
• West Virginia
• Kentucky
• New Jersey
• New York
• The Presidents Commission on Ethical Issues in Biomedicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research

Dr. Robbins wrote a bi-monthly column on ethics and health law in Managed Care for 2 years.

He has been a consultant or advisor to such risk management and health organizations as: HCA, AMI, Southern Medical Association, American Society of Law and Medicine, and The President's Commission on the Ethical Issues in Biomedicine and Behavioral Research.

Dr. Robbins worked closely with Wm. J. Curran, the editor of "Health Law Notes" at the New England Medical Journal.

Policy and Procedures Development Coupled with In-service Education - Law Oriented

• West Virginia Health Care Association (worked with association and Attorney General's office regarding Durable power of attorney revisions)
• Maine Probate Court System (all day session on advance directives for Maine Probate Judges and Court Reporters)
• State of Maine Dept. of Adult Protective Services