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An Effective Program to Reduce Malpractice Claims and Payments in a Large Orthopaedic Practice
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...
Hospitals’ Medical Malpractice Exposure Expanded by NJ Justices
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...
Indiana’s COVID-19 Liability Immunity Statute Survives Court Test
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...
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis Signs Law Raising Damages Cap for Medical Malpractice Claims
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....
Changing History: How TMA Has Influenced the Course of Texas Medicine
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...
Medical Professionals, Organizations Call for Liability Reform
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...
Doctors Are Liable For the AI They Use, State Medical Board Group Says
In a new report offering guidance to the state bodies that license physicians, the Federation of State Medical Boards said doctors are responsible for their use of artificial intelligence and accountable for any harm the technology causes. “Once a physician chooses to...
Iowa’s C-Section Rates On the Rise
The rate of cesarean births in Iowa has gone up since 2016 to a little over 30%, according to new data from the CDC. Nationally, the C-section delivery rate in 2023 came to 32.4%. Why it matters: That's well above the 10-15% rate that the WHO considers "ideal." State...
Kentucky First State to Decriminalize Medical Errors
Legacy of RaDonda Vaught case still looms over nursing profession Kentucky has become the first state to decriminalize medical errors -- a move many medical associations support. HB 159 was signed by Kentucky's Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear on March 26 after passing...
The United States is experiencing a growing OB-GYN shortage. Here’s why.
The United States is facing a shortage of obstetrician-gynecologists that is only expected to worsen moving forward. There were about 50,800 OB-GYNs practicing in the U.S. in 2018, already too few to meet the country’s rising demand. Roughly 3,000 fewer OB-GYNs will...