KAREN BUCKELEW Daily Record Business Writer Maryland’s doctors and hospitals are calling for change in the state’s health insurance and medical malpractice systems, pointing to a new study showing a growing shortage of physicians. The state has 16 percent fewer practicing doctors than the national average, according to the study released Monday from the Maryland […]

Doctors support increasing access to health insurance but don’t want it funded from a state medical liability pool. By Amy Lynn Sorrel, AMNews staff http://www.ama-assn.org Pennsylvania physicians are fighting to stave off Gov. Edward G. Rendell’s plan to divert funds from the state’s medical liability assistance program to cover the uninsured.

By Alison Snyder Long Island Business News – New York Business News In our Internet-saturated society, where consumers routinely turn to Google for information on health conditions and the doctors who treat them, a Web site could have a bottom-line impact for physicians. Kaveh Alizadeh, a plastic surgeon in a Garden City-based group practice, said […]

by Justin D. Anderson Daily Mail Capitol Reporter Lawmakers have created absurd courtroom situations by passing medical malpractice lawsuit reform, state Supreme Court Justice Larry Starcher said. “I dissent to express my hope that, in the future, the court or the Legislature will recognize the absurd and unconstitutional effects of the (reform) and either strike […]

By Fili Sagapolutele in Pago Pago The American Samoa government is drafting legislation that would have LBJ Medical Center pay any malpractice suits against the hospital and the government. The legislation would also appoint a hospital committee to review the work performance of each physician and if they were involved in a malpractice lawsuit, take […]

by Barbara Kram, Editor http://www.dotmed.com The American College of Physicians has agreed to integrate its PIER (Physicians’ Information and Education Resource) content into DocSite patient registry applications and point-of-care decision support systems. The combined offering will enable physicians to review evidence-based medical content and guidelines within their normal clinical workflow. Rapid access to the latest […]

By LISA GREENE, Times Staff Writer http://www.sptimes.com TAMPA – Dr. Jack Brock still wears blue surgical scrubs each day, even though he no longer needs them. That’s because Brock, once the respected director of cardiac surgery at Tampa General Hospital, no longer spends his days stitching arteries and removing lung tumors. Instead, he has joined […]

Fenglaly Lee is Fresno’s first female Hmong OB/GYN. By Vanessa Colón / The Fresno Bee http://www.fresnobee.com Dr. Fenglaly Lee grew up as a refugee in Fresno living on welfare and harvesting Asian vegetables on the weekends. Now, she is delivering babies as the first female Hmong OB/GYN doctor in the central San Joaquin Valley and […]

State’s new business is much the same as the old http://www.telegram.com The election of Massachusetts’ first Democratic governor in 16 years prompted predictions of massive change on Beacon Hill in 2007. After a year of political sparring between the administration and legislative leaders, there remains a heaping plate of unfinished business to tackle. Still pending […]