by PPN | Feb 29, 2012 | National, News
Practicing defensive medicine to avoid medical liability lawsuits may not be a formal part of medical school curriculum, but it’s still being taught to medical students and residents, a study shows. A survey of 202 fourth-year medical students and third-year...
by PPN | Dec 23, 2011 | National, News
Within months of completing my training, I received the call that every doctor dreads. “You’ve been named in a malpractice lawsuit,” said the hospital administrator on the other end of the line. The family of a patient I had seen briefly a year...
by PPN | Oct 31, 2011 | National, News
Nearly half of primary care physicians say patients receive too much medical care. In a study of 627 such physicians, 42% said patients in their practice get too much treatment, and 6% said patients receive too little care. Fifty-two percent of doctors said the amount...
by PPN | Mar 9, 2011 | District of Columbia, National, New York, News
WASHINGTON — Companies that advance money to plaintiffs involved in personal injury lawsuits are campaigning in state capitals for legislation making clear that their growing industry is not subject to usury limits on interest rates or other state laws that protect...
by PPN | Feb 28, 2011 | National, News
PRESIDENT OBAMA announced in his State of the Union speech that he would deal with Republicans on one of their pet issues, reform of medical malpractice. But nothing is likely to get done because congressional Democrats oppose the GOP’s trademark solution to high...
by PPN | Feb 28, 2011 | California, National, News
SAN DIEGO (AP) — CT scans, MRIs and other pricey imaging tests are often more for the doctor’s benefit than the patient’s, new research confirms. Roughly one-fifth of tests that bone and joint specialists order are because a doctor fears being sued, not...
