By Sandy Kleffman CONTRA COSTA TIMES http://www.contracostatimes.com On a typical day, five or six patients used to fill Dr. Michael O’Brien’s small waiting room, cooling their heels until they got 10 minutes with the Castro Valley physician.

By: James Tayoun, D.O., is the founding member of the Politically Active Physicians Association., Special To The Bulletin http://www.thebulletin.us While unveiling his health care plan, Governor Ed Rendell indicated “Pennsylvanians use emergency rooms far too much, often because they don’t have access to doctors.” Although the governor admits Pennsylvanians have lost access to adequate physician […]

BY SHELDON TRAVER Appeal Tribune http://www.eastvalleynews.com When 11-month-old Ava Dahlberg was just one month old, she broke out in a rash that covered her entire back.

By Jeffrey Young http://www.thehill.com Although physician lobbyists recognize that their years-long quest for a federal law capping medical-malpractice lawsuit awards is unlikely to be fulfilled by the Democratic Congress, they are taking the long view.

Dean Martinez http://www.belleville.com I write in response to your story announcing that the ISMIE Mutual Insurance Co., the state’s largest medical malpractice insurance company, is lifting its moratorium on accepting new clients. The story correctly pointed to a better economic and legal climate as reason for the expansion, but left out a crucial reason for […]

The governor talked to members of the county chamber of commerce about his new health care plan. By TOM JOYCE Daily Record/Sunday News http://www.ydr.com <do-not-display-image-not-in-use=file;\governing.com conf=”” mtech6e2.jpg”=”” alt=”” align=”left” hspace=”10″ height=”200/”> Gov. Ed Rendell started an appearance Wednesday night in York by outlining what he sees as some of the absurdities of Pennsylvania’s health care […]

administrative note: Cunningham Group participated in the development of a ground breaking book entitled, Healing Words: the power of apology in medicine which was specifically written for physicians, by a physician. The book discusses, among other things, how and why a physician can show empathy towards their patient during adverse outcomes. You can purchase the […]

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By Paige St. John news-press.com Tallahassee Bureau http://www.news-press.com Medical malpractice companies benefitting from courtroom caps must tell state regulators today why they are not returning more of that money to doctors and the public.