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 […]

By BOB GROVES STAFF WRITER http://www.northjersey.com

By Patti S. Spencer Intelligencer Journal http://local.lancasteronline.com LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. – li-ti-gious function: adjective 1 : prone to engage in lawsuits or legal maneuvers esp. to an excessive degree stubbornly litigious defendant — from www.dictionary.com

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athenahealth, Inc., the premier provider of web-based services, knowledge, and software for medical practices, today announced that in 2006 its system caught claims errors that would have resulted in health insurance claim denials totaling close to $100 million for Massachusetts medical providers. This figure is one of a series of new financial milestones athenahealth achieved […]

By Jane Stoever http://www.aafp.org/

by Jake Stump Daily Mail Staff http://www.dailymail.com

BY NASEEM SOWTI STAR-BANNER http://www.ocala.com Joyce Gazzara went to the emergency room with severe stomach pain on a recent Friday afternoon, hoping to get quick treatment. But the 64-year-old suffered for 12 hours in the waiting room at Munroe Regional Medical Center, before she managed to squeeze through the bottleneck of ER doors.