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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...
