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NewsSanta Clara Valley Medical Center accused of doc retaliation
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center allegedly harassed and forced four cardiologists out of their jobs for exposing patient safety issues that resulted in severe complications and even deaths, Read more...
Docs sue Kaiser, Sutter over peer review process
Two California physicians on Monday filed suit against Sutter Central Valley Hospitals, which manages Memorial Medical Center, and Kaiser Permanente, challenging the peer review process, reported The Read more...
Harsher peer review practices in the works
Peer review traditionally has focused on adverse patient outcomes. But Maryland's top health regulator, Secretary of Health John Colmers wants to see peer review expanded to take into account Read more...
U of Michigan sees dramatic malpractice savings by saying 'sorry'
In most cases, when doctors or hospitals realize they have a malpractice problem on their hands, their first instinct is is to throw up a protective wall of silence to protect themselves Read more...
Study: Hospitals 'dropped the ball' on disciplining doctors
Despite its being in existence for more than 17 years, nearly half of hospitals have never submitted a single doctors name to a federal database that collects information on hospital disciplinary Read more...
Court pitches massive award over peer review process
An appeals court has reversed a big jury award to a Dallas doctor who said he was harmed by a hospital's peer view process, greatly relieving physicians who feared that they, too, would be targeted Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Kaiser faces criticism over censured doctor
Despite years of complaints from professional staff members, accusations of gross negligence by the state medical board, and a peer review concluding that his conduct was questionable, Read more...
Kaiser assessed record-breaking $3 million fine
Kaiser Permanente is being assessed a record $3 million fine by the state of California's Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC). The state says Kaiser hasn't done a good enough job of Read more...
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