It's part of a broad initiative across Mass General and its sister hospitals to incorporate professional observers — known as chaperones — into routine medical care. The Mass General Brigham ...

meaning a chaperone will automatically be provided unless a patient declines to have a chaperone present. What is a Medical Chaperone? A Medical Chaperone will be provided during a sensitive exam and ...

Read part three of our investigation. Chaperones may offer one solution to sexual abuse of patients by medical providers Some medical experts and survivors of sexual abuse say broader use of ...

The department — which also had been investigating Maheshwari — then should have issued an order within five days requiring a medical chaperone at his appointments while the criminal case ...

A growing number of hospitals are utilizing medical chaperones as part of their efforts to bolster safety, according to a Feb. 24 report from NPR affiliate WBUR. Medical chaperones are ...

Former Cedars-Sinai Medical Center obstetrician-gynecologist Barry J. Brock has surrendered his medical license following an ...

Patients are also allowed to opt out of using a chaperone for a sensitive exam, but doctors must document the refusal in the medical record. Pastore said adoption of policies that make chaperones ...

Under state law, the prosecutors should have immediately notified the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, the state agency with oversight over medical pr ...