side note: transparency and risk management have long been suggested as a means of lowering medical accidents. The Cleveland Clinic is correct. Accountability and a sharing of mistakes would go far in preventing future mistakes. When fire breaks out and burns a patient during surgery in Pennsylvania, the hospital is required by law to report […]

Side note: A nice comparison of the American medical liability system with those of other countries. Though a wholesale adoption of one of these methods might not suit American needs, there is much of value in looking at the ways other countries deal with medical malpractice issues. Most of these systems treat medical malpractice lawsuits […]

side note: Looks like this woman has a slam dunk medical malpractice insurance case. Monitoring of narcotics in a hospital setting is paramount. These are the kind of errors that contribute to the rising costs of professional medical liability insurance. I’m assuming med-mal insurance rates in Colorado are going to creep upwards when this trial […]

side note: Wow! I found this to be a surprise. Even with the investment sector still moving in relative chaos, the highly respected Standard & Poor’s Rating Service is forecasting a continued soft market for medical liability insurance. What does this do to the argument that medical malpractice insurance rates are climbing unchecked through the […]

side note: Found this over at KevinMD’s blog and thought that I should re-post this because all Cunningham Group website visitors should be aware of these. With the explosion of smart phone sales, and the increased awareness of EMR/EHR…these types of apps have become increasingly important to physicians who want to use technology to better….and […]

We here at Cunningham Group were extremely disappointed that trial lawyers got their way in Illinois and were able to strike down the 2005 Tort Reform legislation put into place to help with the absurd insurance rates physicians have to pay for their professional medical liability. A new study conducted by the consulting firm Millman […]

The Illinois Supreme Court recently ruled that limitations on non-economic damages in med-mal lawsuits was unconstitutional. This has set in motion a huge PR campaign by all sides involved to cement their stance on the issue. The Illinois Department of Insurance< just made theirs known. Their latest news release shows that since 2005, there has […]

I just read an interesting article at confused.com on the impact of your home insurance prices if you use social media sites. Why you ask? Well….a lot of people like to Tweet or tell their friends on Facebook and MySpace that they are going on vacation….or heading over to a friend’s house for dinner. That’s […]

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