The trend of hospitals acquiring private practices continues with the recent acquisitions by EvergreenHealth Medical Center.
A Life Care Plan is a plan that spells out the future needs associated with an injury-related disability, as well as the costs of those needs.
Recently top Republican politicians have cited the medical malpractice “crisis” as a threat to US health care. This includes frivolous lawsuits forcing doctors out of
A Pennsylvania start-up company is developing techniques to allow doctors to see what is going on in the brain when it suffers an injury — without opening up the skull.
A new Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association is intended to be a scientific “wake-up call” for those who diagnose and treat women with cardiovascular disease.
While previous studies have indicated that giving safe harbor to doctors who apologize to patients for medical errors reduced malpractice claims, a more recent studies concluded the opposite.
A recent article in Public Citizen News takes the position that limiting work hours for medical residents is necessary to promote patient safety.
Many non-attorneys ask whether it is possible to appeal a jury decision for the defendant? The answer is: “it depends.”
