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NewsUniversity of Iowa Hospitals pays at least $365k in malpractice settlement
The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and the state of Iowa will pay $365,000 to settle two medical malpractice lawsuits filed by patients who received care in 2004, reports the Associated Read more...
Physicians should supervise physician assistants to avoid malpractice
As the use of physician assistants (PA) grows, healthcare administrators should ensure appropriate physician supervision of PAs, according to Patrick A. Salvi, a medical malpractice attorney at Read more...
Florida's hospital-friendly tort reform could spark a wave
In a move that hospitals execs nationwide will no doubt hail, Florida legislators recently passed several laws to protect healthcare facilities against patient lawsuits. The biggest, HB479, restricts Read more...
Hospital malpractice lawsuit sparked by five hour ER wait
A five-hour wait in a hospital emergency room is now the subject of a lawsuit that charges Methodist Hospital in Sacramento and various ER workers with medical malpractice and negligence in delaying Read more...
Physician profile website omits malpractice data
An online database used to help consumers chose doctors is missing malpractice information for at least 106 licensed physicians in Connecticut, reports iHealthBeat. Profiles posted on the state Read more...
Bad docs get slap on the wrist in Missouri
Doctors seeking refuge from true punishment in malpractice cases need only move to Missouri, if the findings of a St. Louis Post-Dispatch investigation are any indication. Ironically enough, repeated Read more...
Lack of accreditation, licensing plague California surgical centers
In what reads almost like a season's worth of story lines for the now-defunct television series "Nip/Tuck", the Los Angeles Times examines the world of California-based plastic surgery centers, many Read more...
Hospital settles brain damaged newborn suit for $11M
Tripler Army Medical Center paid $11 million to a family whose baby suffered permanent brain damage during delivery in 2005, attorneys for the family announced this week. A breakdown in communication Read more...
Slashing medical malpractice costs with judge-mediated negotiation
In New York state, some 900 medical malpractice cases are pending. And there's a good chance not all will go to trial, because come fall, a pilot program will take a different path to judge-directed Read more...
New York hospital wins diseased kidney transplant case
A jury has found prominent organ-transplant hospital NYU Langone Medical Center not to blame in the September 2002 death of Vincent Liew, who developed cancer after receiving a kidney from a donor Read more...
| Press ReleasesAMA CHAIR TELLS HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: IRRATIONAL MEDICAL LIABILITY SYSTEM FAILS PATIENTS, PHYSICIANSFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 20, 2011 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ardis Dee Hoven, M.D., chair of the American Medical Association, today told the U.S. House Judiciary Committee that the nation's medical Read more >> |
