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U.S. Medical Malpractice Statistics: 2005 To 2015

December 25, 2016

The National Practitioner Data Bank (“NPDB”) has published medical malpractice statistics for the United States for the period from 2005 to 2015. During the ten-year period, when the population of the United States was 321,986,783, there were 148,909 medical malpractice payments and 409[...]

Study Suggests Hospitalized Patients’ Outcomes Are Better If They Are Treated By Physicians Who Are Female

December 20, 2016

A study published online in JAMA Internal Medicine on December 19, 2016 entitled, “Comparison of Hospital Mortality and Readmission Rates for Medicare Patients Treated by Male vs Female Physicians” found that patients who were treated by female physicians had significantly lower mortal[...]

Class Action Lawsuit Alleges Cigna Profited By Causing Insureds To Be Overcharged For Prescription Medications

December 10, 2016

A class action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut on October 13, 2016 against Cigna Corporation (“Cigna”), a fully integrated health insurance company with reported revenue in excess of $37.9 billion in 2015, alleges that Cigna and/or its agents viol[...]

Study Of Adverse Drug Events Leading To ER Visits In The U.S.

December 9, 2016

A study published in JAMA on November 22/29, 2016 estimated that the annual prevalence of emergency room visits in the United States in 2013 and 2014 for adverse drug events was 4 per 1,000 individuals, and that 27.3% of the visits resulted in hospitalization. The most common medications involve[...]

Two Recent Studies Show Medical Malpractice Tort Reforms Have No Impact On Medical Malpractice Insurance Premiums

December 5, 2016

Two studies published in late November 2016 by the Americans for Insurance Reform, a coalition of nearly 100 consumer and public interest groups representing more than 50 million people, concluded: “Severe rates hikes experienced by doctors during the three past insurance crises were not the r[...]

Replacing Professional Nurses With Nursing Assistants In Hospitals Associated With Increased Deaths, Decreased Safety

November 27, 2016

A study published in the medical journal BMJ Quality & Safety, which was published online on November 15, 2016, analyzed adult acute care hospitals in Belgium, England, Finland, Ireland, Spain, and Switzerland and concluded: “A bedside care workforce with a greater proportion of profession[...]

Study: Post-Acute Nursing Home Care More Important Than Hospital Care For Elderly Hip Fracture Patients

November 13, 2016

A new study published by Penn Medicine found that for elderly care patients in the United States who suffered hip fractures, the care provided in nursing homes, rehabilitation facilities, and at-home care had a three to eight times greater impact on outcomes such as mobility and mortality than the h[...]

CDC Warns That Contaminated Devices Putting Open-Heart Surgery Patients at Risk

October 19, 2016

On October 13, 2016, the CDC issued a warning to healthcare providers and patients that some LivaNova PLC (formerly Sorin Group Deutschland GmbH) Stöckert 3T heater-cooler devices used during many of open heart surgeries might have been contaminated during manufacturing which could put patients at[...]

Alabama Patient Dumping Lawsuit Settled

October 18, 2016

It has been reported that an Alabama patient dumping lawsuit that had been filed in 2013 was settled for an undisclosed sum with the patient’s family on October 6, 2016. The patient died from hypothermia and other complications about a week after he was dumped on a public street by the defenda[...]

Study: Physicians’ Political Views Affect Patient Care

October 15, 2016

In a study recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, the Yale University researchers suggested, “Just as a patient may seek out a physician of a certain gender to feel more comfortable, the evidence suggests that a patient may need to make [...]

Brain Cancer Replaces Leukemia As Leading Cause Of Cancer Deaths Among U.S. Children

September 24, 2016

The CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) issued its Data Brief for September 2016 in which it reiterated the good news that since the mid-1970s, cancer death rates among children and adolescents in the United States showed marked declines, but also noted the bad news that there h[...]

Florida Pain Management Clinic Agrees To Pay $7.4M Fine For Unnecessary Drug Screening

September 13, 2016

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida announced on August 31, 2016 that a Florida pain management clinic has agreed to pay $7.4 million to the government to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by performing medically unnecessary drug screening pro[...]

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