by PPN | May 23, 2016 | National, News
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) today released a new online toolkit to help hospital and health system leaders and clinicians communicate accurately and openly with patients and their families when something goes wrong with their care. The...
by PPN | Apr 27, 2016 | Illinois, National, News
Under fire in the state of Illinois are the statute of limitations for medical liability lawsuits, with the possibility that they could be extended and leave physicians indefinitely vulnerable to medical lawsuit abuse. Currently in Illinois, wrongful death suits must...
by PPN | Apr 21, 2016 | Arkansas, National, News
Supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment to restrict the size of jury verdicts against medical care providers cleared a hurdle Wednesday in their effort to get the proposal on the November ballot. On Wednesday, Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge...
by PPN | Apr 14, 2016 | Illinois, National, News
A state supreme court is set to decide whether the two-year statute of limitations for filing a wrongful death lawsuit should start, as it does now, from the time of death or from the moment the plaintiff learns of the circumstances that may have contributed to or...
by PPN | Apr 14, 2016 | National, News, Texas
A recent study found Texas is one of the best states for physicians to practice medicine, a high ranking made possible in part due to the passage of tort reform measures in 2003, says one expert. In late March, WalletHubb released its “2016’s Best & Worst States...
by PPN | Mar 24, 2015 | National, News
The surprising non-medical reasons why emergency room doctors order too many tests When you’re rushed to an emergency room, the doctors immediately order a battery of tests to figure out what’s wrong. But while scans and blood draws can tell them an incredible amount...
