by PPN | Jul 30, 2024 | latest_news, National, News
Background: High reliability in health care requires a balance between intentionally designed systems and individual professional accountability. One element of accountability includes a process for addressing clinicians whose practices are associated with a...
by PPN | Jul 30, 2024 | latest_news, National, New Jersey, News
New Jersey hospitals and health care providers will have a harder time eliminating malpractice suits following a state high court ruling allowing patients to bring complaints without a expert reviewing medical records. A third-party affidavit of merit needed to...
by PPN | Jul 30, 2024 | COVID, Indiana, latest_news, National, News
In April 2020—six weeks after Indiana declared a public health emergency because of COVID-19—an ambulance brought a patient to the hospital with nausea, vomiting and a headache. En route, emergency medical technicians performed a stroke assessment and did not...
by PPN | Jun 27, 2024 | Colorado, latest_news, National, News
Legislation resulted from tense negotiations between lawyers, business groups, insurance industry Coloradans injured by medical malpractice will soon be able to seek more money from insurers and health care providers under new limits signed into law Monday by Gov....
by PPN | Jun 27, 2024 | COVID, latest_news, National, News, Texas
The Texas Medical Association’s 171-year existence is rich with milestones. From ushering in significant legislative reforms and responding to emergencies to expanding its own operations and solving seemingly intractable problems, TMA has played an active role in...
by PPN | Jun 27, 2024 | latest_news, National, News, Pennsylvania
Seeking to mitigate the looming medical liability crisis caused by the reintroduction of trial lawyer “venue shopping”, medical professional organizations and others looking to reform Pennsylvania’s civil justice system called upon the state’s General Assembly and...
