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New Study Finds Medical Malpractice Caps Lead To Higher Rates Of Preventable Patient Safety Events In Hospitals

November 4, 2014

A recently published study found that medical malpractice caps on noneconomic damages, which have been enacted in many states in the United States, have reduced the risk of medical malpractice litigation in those states, which has led to higher rates of preventable adverse patient safety events in[...]

Medical Malpractice Payments In The U.S. Were At Continuing Record Low For 2013

October 29, 2014

Earlier this month, Public Citizen, the well-respected national non-profit organization that represents consumer interests with more than 300,000 members and supporters, issued its report entitled, “Medical Malpractice Payments Remained At Historic Low In 2013 Despite Slight Uptick,” th[...]

Recent Study Of The Impact Of Medical Malpractice Caps On Average Malpractice Payment Size

October 26, 2014

The authors of a study published online on October 22, 2014 by HealthAffairs sought to investigate the impact of medical malpractice caps on noneconomic damages on the average size of medical malpractice payments for ten medical specialties as well as for physicians overall. The researchers found[...]

Medical Malpractice Reforms Protecting ED Physicians Have Had Little Effect On The Practice Of Medicine

October 25, 2014

In a research study published on October 16, 2014 in The New England Journal of Medicine, it was reported that in three U.S. states that had passed medical malpractice reform legislation to require a greater showing of medical negligence in order for patients injured by emergency room physicians [...]

A Recent Study Of Closed Anesthesia Medical Malpractice Claims

October 23, 2014

In a study published earlier this month in the Journal of Healthcare Risk Management that is entitled “Analysis of Patient Injury Based on Anesthesiology Closed Claims Data from a Major Malpractice Insurer,” the authors reviewed 607 anesthesia-related medical malpractice claims reported [...]

Official Review Finds Military Health Care Only “Average”

October 15, 2014

It was announced on October 1, 2014 that U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s 90-day review of the military health system found that it was comparable in access, quality and safety to care offered on average in the private sector. However, Secretary Hagel said “average” was not g[...]

Recent Study Finds Nursing Home Infection Rates Rising In U.S.

October 11, 2014

A study conducted by the Columbia University School of Nursing that investigated infection rates in nursing homes in the United States over a five-year period (2006 to 2010) found increased rates of infections involving urinary tract infections (UTIs), septicemia, viral hepatitis, wound infections[...]

Does New York Allow Negligent Physicians To Practice Without Discipline?

October 7, 2014

In a report published in May 2014 by the New York Public Interest Research Group Fund (“NYPIRG,” a nonpartisan, not-for-profit whose mission is to affect policy reforms while training New Yorkers to be citizen advocates) entitled “Questionable Doctors[:] Negligent Doctors And T[...]

Louisiana Medical Malpractice Case Alleges Left Behind Surgical Sponge Led To Massive Infection

October 3, 2014

The widow of a man who suffered a serious infection following surgery because a surgical sponge was negligently left behind in his abdomen filed a Louisiana medical malpractice case on August 4, 2014 against the surgeon and others. The wife seeks unspecified compensatory damages as well as equit[...]

$2M Baltimore City Lead Paint Verdict

September 27, 2014

On September 19, 2014, after a one-week trial in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, a jury returned its verdict in excess of $2 million to a now 17-year-old who suffered permanent brain damage as a result of his exposure to lead paint in a Baltimore City rental home in which he lived with his fa[...]

Recent Study Questions True Costs Of Defensive Medicine

September 26, 2014

One of the medical industry’s favorite arguments for medical malpractice reforms that insulate negligent medical providers from liability for the harms they cause to medical malpractice victims who are not adequately compensated for their devastating injuries due to limits (caps) on damage[...]

Only 4 Of 25 Florida Physicians With The Most Medical Malpractice Payouts Have Lost Their License

September 25, 2014

A review of the 25 physicians in Florida who had the largest number of medical malpractice payouts as a result of judgments and settlements found that only four of them had lost their license to practice medicine in Florida. Of the four who lost their Florida medical license, three lost their lice[...]

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