http://canberra.yourguide.com.au Australia THE FINANCIAL and emotional cost of medical malpractice can last for years, even a lifetime. It’s one reason why most surgeons are advised to get “tail” coverage on their malpractice insurance, so that they are protected from medical negligence suits brought against them after their retirement. There is no such protection for patients […]

AMA Leader Commentary. By Edward L. Langston, MD A message to all physicians from Edward L. Langston, MD, chair of the AMA Board of Trustees. The American Medical Association recently announced a three-year national communications program to underscore the plight of those among us without health insurance. Pointing out that “One in seven is 45 […]

http://www.ogletreedeakins.com On June 21, Governor Phil Bredesen signed House Bill 240/Senate Bill 1688, which was the General Assembly’s response to a 2005 case in which the Tennessee Supreme Court declined to enforce a non-compete provision in an employment contract between a physician and a clinic. In Murfreesboro Medical Clinic, P.A. v. Udom, the state’s highest […]

By Judith Graham | Tribune staff reporter http://www.chicagotribune.com The doctor walked into the hospital room with a discomforting mission. He was there to admit a medical mistake and apologize to his patient, a woman with breast cancer. The staff had given her the same injection twice by accident, causing her white cell count to soar, […]

http://www.lubbockonline.com Many residents of the West Texas and eastern New Mexico region may be thinking the negotiations between the physicians of Covenant Medical Group and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas are simply about money. Blue Cross would have you believe this dispute is solely due to physician greed. That is as far from the […]

By Lewis S. Sharps, M.D. http://www.huntingtonnews.net President, Positive Physicians Insurance Exchange The health care industry was at a crossroads in 2002. Rising costs stemming from the increase of malpractice claims created a dangerous ripple effect: Several major medical liability insurers went out of business, limiting the options for doctors. Access to care was threatened by […]

http://www.berkshireeagle.com Clarence Fanto The doctor is in the house — literally. At a time when primary-care physicians are scarce, especially in Berkshire County, it is surprising to find one who still makes house calls — not every day, but whenever an elderly patient is housebound, unable to travel and needs medical attention. Following in the […]

By Mary Jo Feldstein ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH At the Des Peres Urgent Care Center, when patients leave with a prescription it typically means pills in hand, not a slip of paper to be brought to the pharmacy. The physicians there worked with Purkinje Inc. of Creve Coeur to set up an in-office dispensing system that […]

http://www.hindustantimes.com In the self-absorbed world of Indian American “community leaders”, it is rare to find one who does not use the community as a springboard to advance business and personal goals. It is rarer still to find a physician who freely takes time off a busy practice to espouse the cause of India and the […]