By Liz Kowalczyk The wait to see primary care doctors in Massachusetts has grown to as long as 100 days, while the number of practices accepting new patients has dipped in the past four years, with care the scarcest in some rural areas. Now, as the state’s health insurance mandate threatens to make a chronic […]

http://www.earthtimes.org WESTBOROUGH, Mass. – (Business Wire) eClinicalWorks®, a market leader in ambulatory clinical systems, today announced that El Camino Hospital of Mountain View, Calif., is financially supporting an electronic health records initiative for its affiliated physicians, the Independent Physicians of El Camino Hospital (IPECH). The group selected eClinicalWorks unified electronic medical record (EMR) and practice […]

By JACK BRUBAKER, Staff http://articles.lancasteronline.com Dr. A makes mistake during medical procedure, leaving patient with partial paralysis of right arm. Dr. A. does not admit mistake and refuses to discuss it with patient. Dr. B. makes similar mistake with similar result to patient’s arm. Dr. B. admits error, says he’s sorry and perhaps even offers […]

http://www.star-telegram.com In an unusual legal twist, the most avid defenders of the Texas cap on damages to victims of medical malpractice — not its critics — are urging the state’s highest court to decide whether the law complies with the state constitution. If the court hears the case, the ruling could limit future challenges in […]

http://cheap-medications.movies-world.biz As Pennsylvania pols try to wrap up a two-year legislative session in the next couple months, some big unresolved health-care issues are caught up in political wheeling and dealing. A state program that helps most docs cover half of the $1 million in medical malpractice insurance they’re required to carry (and does even more […]

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by Rajiv M. Tejura, M.D. http://www.monroenews.com This is a story is of my unique journeys during the past few months. I am 27 and have lived in Monroe since I was 6. I am a recent graduate of Ross University School of Medicine (RUSM) in Dominica, an island in the eastern Caribbean. I did 16 […]

Janice Mucalov http://www.canada.com Saying “sorry” is something we as children are taught to do when we’ve done something wrong. But as adults engaged in a legal dispute, we’ve been wary. Apologizing after a car accident, for example, could be viewed as an admission that we’re at fault and should be held legally liable. And yet […]

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