by PPN | Nov 30, 2011 | New Jersey, New York, News
Medical liability is a key reason physicians admit more emergency department patients and discharge them less, say two studies in the October Annals of Emergency Medicine. In one study, a survey of 849 emergency physicians and patients in two inner-city emergency...
by PPN | Nov 30, 2011 | Indiana, News
Indiana physicians continue to battle a legal challenge over the state's medical liability damages cap.Indiana Court of Appeals judges on Oct. 25 allowed a lawsuit against the cap to move forward, denying a request by Community Hospitals of Indiana to throw out...
by PPN | Nov 30, 2011 | New York, News
Medical malpractice lawsuits can be complicated, expensive and emotionally wrenching for patients, doctors and hospital officials alike. Now a program pioneered by a Bronx judge that speeds up the resolution of these cases is expanding into other parts of New York....
by PPN | Nov 30, 2011 | News, Texas
Since Texas enacted comprehensive medical liability reform in 2003, including a constitutional amendment ratifying limitations on non-economic damages in medical liability lawsuits against health care providers, Texas has seen significant improvements in access to...
by PPN | Nov 30, 2011 | Newsletter
Protect Patients Now Volume 6, Issue 11 November 2011 Newsletter E-Newsletter Special points of interest: Promises Made, Promises Kept: Liability Reform Delivers Increased Access to Care in Texas New Medical Liability Program May Lead to More Rapid Resolution of...