The new wearable computer may make operations safer, but it also has the potential for problems, not only surgically but in safekeeping patient’s private medical information
Medical Malpractice Tort Reformers rely on falsehoods when arguing for barriers to justice for malpractice victims. Caps on damages, in particular, does only harm to those who have suffered as a result of malpractice.
The Affordable Care Act will increase the number of insureds in our society, and this will likely change the way in which we receive our healthcare.
More technology doesn’t necessarily mean greater patient safety.
In the early 2000s, in response to a rising call from medical professionals and their organizations, Mississippi enacted significant tort reform, including capping damage awards at $500,000. Now, 10 years later, a fascinating recent article takes a look at the consequences of that change.
Diagnostic errors happen often, yet many are preventable. A recent article offers some tips to avoid such errors.
Recently, the Florida Supreme Court found, by a 5-2 vote, that caps on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases violated the Florida equal protection clause.
A recently published article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has shed some light on the availability for treatment of stroke victims, as well as the barriers there are in getting victims the treatment they need within the time when it makes a difference.
