By John Gardner http://www.postindependent.com/ GARFIELD COUNTY — The nursing shortage around the nation is a very real thing, according to Daniel Biggs, administrative director of human resources at Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs. But the hospitals in Garfield County are better off than many. “I believe that the nursing shortage is a matter of […]

BY DARRELL COLE http://www.amherstdaily.com/ PUGWASH – For the sixth time in a month the emergency department at the North Cumberland Memorial Hospital is being forced to close because of a physician shortage, but officials with the Cumberland Health Authority are hoping those closures will end soon. “It’s something we continue to work on,â€? health authority […]

By Rianne Pangelinan-Brown http://www.saipantribune.com Medical malpractice insurance from reputable U.S.-based insurance companies is not readily available to the CNMI because the islands’ risk pool is too small, according to the Commonwealth Health Center’s litigation counsel, David Lochabay. “There aren’t enough doctors [on the islands] to spread the risk of malpractice claims for an insurance company […]

By Patty Pensa http://www.sun-sentinel.com/ It’s been nine years since Rita Wax’s son died on the operating room table, yet the lawsuit alleging malpractice continues. Wax hasn’t lost any resolve. She’s as convinced as she was on Day 1: Gary Wax shouldn’t have died. At age 37, he was healthy and the procedure, a hernia repair, […]

http://www.northcountrygazette.org ALBANY—The New York State Senate has passed legislation (S.7038), sponsored by Sen. John Flanagan (R-C-I, East Northport) that would lower the required level of primary medical malpractice coverage that a physician or dentist must have in order to qualify for the New York Excess Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance Coverage Program. The measure has been […]

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Finance, and Herb Kohl (D-WI), Chairman of the Special Committee on Aging, reacted to an editorial in the latest issue of JAMA, made public today. In the article, the editors maintain that financial ties between physician and pharmaceutical companies should be disclosed both […]

South Florida Sun-Sentinel Editorial Board http://www.sun-sentinel.com ISSUE: Fewer doctors available to deliver babies. Doctor shortages are getting worse in South Florida due to a double-whammy, the exorbitant cost of malpractice insurance and low medical reimbursements. Obstetricians and gynecologists are disappearing, leaving expectant mothers in a lurch at a time when their health and the safe […]

Annemarie Franczyk http://buffalo.bizjournals.com Demand for primary doctors in New York state has caught up to the critical need for specialists, according to a recent study from the Center for Health Workforce Studies at University at Albany‘s School of Public Health. As a result, new primary care physicians reported an increasing number of job offers and […]

Investor’s Business Daily delivered by Newstex http://money.cnn.com You’ve no doubt had the experience of paying for car repairs that were done wrong. Not only did you pay for the faulty repair, you also paid to fix the error. Health insurers have faced the same problem, paying for medical mistakes and the consequences of those mistakes. […]