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Hospital owes $10M in bedsore malpractice suit
A jury awarded $10.3 million to the estate of a patient who sued Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center for allowing him to get bed sores, the Santa Fe New Mexican reports. This comes at a time
Study: Never events a major factor in hospital liability costs
According to new research by insurance firm Aon Corp., hospital-acquired conditions accounted for 12.2 percent of total legal liability costs insured by healthcare facilities in 2007. While many
