It will be more than a little harm.
This will have to be reported to the Joint Commision, State Board of Physicians, malpractice insurance carriers - the patient will be offered a settlement. The legal costs, staff costs, etc to deal with all the inspections,
corrective action plans, chart reviews, policy and procedure reviews and rewrites - they will also write off the patients bill. The surgeon will be reported and maybe lose his privileges as well.
If they get out of this for less than a $1million they are lucky.
I am aware of the paperwork it will generate. I have been the chief medical officer at a large institution. I was simply agreeing with that in the. Grand scheme of things this is not worth the hassle it is creating.
But it will most certainly be a sh*t show for this institution.