News tagged with medical malpractice lawsuit
9 in 10 docs blame lawsuit fears for overtesting
(AP) -- Ninety percent of physicians surveyed said doctors overtest and overtreat to protect themselves from malpractice lawsuits.
Jun 28, 2010 |
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Report: Limiting medical lawsuits could save $41B
(AP) -- Limits on medical malpractice lawsuits would lead doctors to order up fewer unneeded tests and save taxpayers billions more than previously thought, budget umpires for Congress said Friday in a reversal that puts ...
Oct 10, 2009 |
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Bill revision could mean money for NJ drug company
(AP) -- A billion-dollar "technical revision" added to a patent bill passed by the House last week could provide huge financial benefits to one pharmaceutical company and a law firm.
Jun 30, 2011 |
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'Octomom' doctor stripped of medical license
The fertility doctor who helped a woman give birth to octuplets in 2009 will be stripped of his license by the California Medical Board because of "gross negligence."
Jun 02, 2011 |
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Famed neurosurgeon's century-old notes reveal 'modern' style admission of medical error
The current focus on medical errors isn't quite as new as it seems. A Johns Hopkins review of groundbreaking neurosurgeon Harvey Cushing's notes, made at the turn of the last century, has turned up copious documentation of ...
Feb 21, 2011 |
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Study: Doctors order tests out of fear of lawsuits
(AP) -- CT scans, MRIs and other pricey imaging tests are often more for the doctor's benefit than the patient's, new research confirms.
Feb 16, 2011 |
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Customer representatives mean increased efficiency in radiology
Adding customer service representatives to a computerized radiology workflow management system means improved patient and referring physician satisfaction and increased radiologist efficiency, an analysis of a program at ...
Jan 12, 2011 |
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Hospitals try high-tech to better inform patients
(AP) -- Learning he had prostate cancer floored John Noble. Then came the prospect of surgery and his overpowering fear of being "put under" with anesthesia.
Nov 10, 2010 |
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Use of advanced radiology for injury-related emergency department visits increases significantly
From 1998 to 2007, the use of CT or MRI scans in emergency departments for injury-related conditions increased about 3-fold without a similar increase in the prevalence of the diagnosis of certain life-threatening trauma-related ...
Oct 05, 2010 |
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U-M's efforts to encourage disclosure of medical errors decreased claims
Ann Arbor, Mich.- The University of Michigan's program of full disclosure and compensation for medical errors resulted in a decrease in new claims for compensation (including lawsuits), time to claim resolution and lower ...
Aug 17, 2010 |
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ER doctors: Lawsuit fears lead to overtesting
(AP) -- Fast decisions on life-and-death cases are the bread and butter of hospital emergency rooms. Nowhere do doctors face greater pressures to overtest and overtreat.
Jun 21, 2010 |
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Judge's innovation may offer malpractice fix
(AP) -- Part listening, part cajoling, an innovative approach to resolving medical malpractice cases could become a model for courts around the country thanks to a pioneering judge who invested his own time ...
Jun 21, 2010 |
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