In 1970, Pat Summerall and then-Boston Bruins' TV announcer Don Earle did a short post-game segment from inside the team's dressing room at the end of CBS' coverage of the fourth (and what turned out to be the final game) of the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals.
A circumstance in which both the health care provider's and the patient's actions contribute to an injurious outcome is termed contributory negligence. An example would be a patient who fails to follow the physician's orders or fails to show up for follow-up care and then sues when the condition causes permanent damage.
Meanwhile, an outcome statement is composed of patient behavior, criteria of performance, conditions (if needed), and time frame. Examples of an outcome statement: 1  The patient will pass flatus within 24 hours postoperatively.  The patientâs temperature will be up to 980 F within 1 hour.