by PPN | Apr 28, 2022 | National, News
SOURCE: Bloomberg Government The U.S. held onto a win in a suit accusing a federal health-care provider of medical malpractice after the 10th Circuit found that the plaintiffs’ expert witness didn’t meet Kansas’ requirements for standard-of-care witnesses. To qualify...
by PPN | Apr 28, 2022 | National
SOURCE: Local 12 Cincinnati The family of a boy whose brain was severely injured during birth at an Iowa City hospital has been awarded $97.4 million — believed to be the largest medical malpractice verdict in Iowa’s history. A Johnson County handed down the...
by PPN | Apr 28, 2022 | National
SOURCE: The New York Times We all carry the memory of our mistakes. For health care workers like me, these memories surface in the early morning when we cannot sleep or at a bedside where, in some way, we are reminded of a patient who came before. Most were errors in...
by PPN | Mar 30, 2022 | Connecticut, Florida, National, Newsletter
HCLA actively advocates for Good Samaritan protections This month, the Health Coalition on Liability and Access (HCLA) voiced its support for federal Good Samaritan legislation, actively advocating that Congress include the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act...
by PPN | Mar 30, 2022 | National
SOURCE: Connecticut Public Radio In 2011, Dr. Timothy Siegrist had just finished his residency training in urology in New York City. He and his wife wanted to move back to Connecticut, where they were both originally from. Siegrist interviewed at five urology...
by PPN | Mar 30, 2022 | National
SOURCE: WFSU Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed off on a measure that extends COVID liability protections for healthcare providers such as hospitals and nursing homes. Under the bill, the protections first put in place last year will continue through June of 2023. But some...
