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Maine hospital 'commended' for admitting mistake in patient's death
While a Maine hospital was commended by a member of the state's Department of Health and Human Services for going public about the death of a patient who accidentally was administered a drug
Docs seek medical liability protections, state by state
With national tort reform still on the back burner, physicians are mounting state-based efforts to achieve tort reforms, with a key focus on enacting, maintaining or lowering noneconomic damage caps,
Doctors, risk managers view apologies, error disclosure, differently
A new study looking at medical errors shows that while risk managers are more likely to want an error disclosed to a patient, a physician is more likely to want to issue an apology to patients. The
