Associated Press http://www.napavalleyregister.com Doctors asked Nevada lawmakers Friday to pass a law that would let them say they’re sorry for medical mistakes — something they’re usually told not to do because of fears an apology could be used against them later in court. Several doctors and the head of the Nevada State Medical Association asked […]

BY Dennis Conrad Associated Press http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com From 2000 to 2004, few medical malpractice insurance claims in Illinois and six other states closed with a payout to the person seeking compensation, with most settling before a trial, according to a Justice Department report released Sunday. In Illinois, where the debate over medical malpractice reform has caused […]

The Insurance professionals only source for News The majority of medical malpractice claims in a study of seven states were closed without any compensation paid to those claiming a medical injury, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. BJS conducted a study of medical malpractice insurance claims that were closed from 2000 […]

By Adam Jadhav ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH http://www.stltoday.com An Illinois House committee hearing this week could bring some life back to the medical malpractice debate that for several years dominated Metro East politics. Supporters and critics have strong opinions on a bill that would establish a pretrial hearing on the merits of any expert witness in […]

Novel Approach to Physician Education Makes Doctors More Likely to Address Domestic Violence in Their Patients http://www.prnewswire.com Physicians are more likely to recognize, validate, assess and respond to suspected domestic (intimate partner) violence in their patients after participating in an Internet course on the subject, according to new study results reported this week at the […]

http://home.businesswire.com Fitch Ratings upgrades the Illinois Health Facilities Authority’s approximately $15 million revenue refunding bonds, series 1998 (Midwest Physician Group Ltd.) to ‘BB+’ from ‘BB’. The Rating Outlook is Stable.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com This April, entrepreneur, neurosurgeon Jeffery Segal, MD, FACS, and founder of Medical Justice Services, celebrates five years of relentlessly and successfully defending physicians against frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits – a defense that often includes taking the first punch. “Physicians are healers, and not fighters,” said Segal, a board-certified neurosurgeon. Waiting it out and hoping […]

Florida Nurses Association Endorses New Insurer http://www.sys-con.com Sophia Palmer Nurses Risk Retention Group, Inc. will offer malpractice insurance to Florida nurses in partnership with the Florida Nurses Association (FNA), Barbara Lumpkin, RN, FNA Associate Executive Director, and Kathi Cavallo, RN, CLC, President, Uni-Ter Risk Management Services, announced. The newly formed Risk Retention Group (RRG) was […]

Tanya Talaga Robert Cribb Staff reporters http://www.thestar.com When a 44-year-old Edmonton mother of three died from an accidental overdose of a chemotherapy drug last August, Alberta health officials admitted the mistake and issued a public apology. That public admission sparked changes in Toronto. The University Health Network immediately reviewed their procedures on dispensing chemo at […]