North Carolina Medical Malpractice Physician Complaints
October 16, 2011
The North Carolina Medical Board (“Board”) is responsible to regulate medicine and surgery for “the benefit and protection of the people of North Carolina.” Board The Board has issued its 2010 Annual Report (“Report”). The Board reported that there were 31,997 [...]
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Arizona Medical Malpractice Physician Complaints
October 15, 2011
The Arizona Medical Board (“Board”) is responsible to license and regulate physicians in Arizona in order to protect the public. The Board’s fiscal year 2009 – 2010 Annual Report stated that there were 20,820 physicians licensed by Arizona by the end of the fiscal year,[...]
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Florida Medical Malpractice Complaints
October 14, 2011
The Florida Department of Health’s Division of Medical Quality Assurance (“MQA”) is responsible for licensing and regulating 37 types of facilities/establishments and more than 40 health care professions under Florida law. The most recent available MQA Annual Report is for fisc[...]
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New York Medical Malpractice Claims And Complaints
October 13, 2011
The New York State Board for Professional Medical Conduct (“Board”) was created in 1976 to administer New York’s physician discipline program. The Board’s stated mission is to protect the public from medical negligence, incompetence and other kinds of professional misconduct.[...]
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Texas Medical Malpractice Reform (Unintended) Results
October 11, 2011
Under Governor Rick Perry, Texas has enacted some of the most draconian medical malpractice “reforms” whereby the innocent victims of medical malpractice negligence are highly restricted in the claims they can bring against negligent doctors and other Texas health care providers and in t[...]
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Maryland Hospital Mistakes
October 10, 2011
Hospitals in Maryland are required to report serious adverse events that occur in those hospitals to the Maryland Office of Health Care Quality (OHCQ). OHCQ in turn issues a yearly report regarding the reported hospital errors and mistakes that result in serious injuries or death. The most recent re[...]
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Buying Drugs On The Internet
October 2, 2011
Many people are finding that it is more convenient and less costly to obtain and purchase their prescription and nonprescription medicines and drugs on the internet rather than at their local pharmacy or drug store. Purchases over the internet may take a day or two (or longer) to reach customers, bu[...]
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States With The Fewest Medical Malpractice Claims In 2010
September 24, 2011
Yesterday’s blog posting listed the states in the United States with the most (over 100) paid medical malpractice claims for 2010. Today we name the states with fewer than 100 paid medical malpractice claims for 2010. Those states are: Alabama had 49 paid medical malpractice claims in 2010 tha[...]
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