http://www.tallahassee.com A Tallahassee woman and her husband have filed a lawsuit against Capital Regional Medical Center saying doctors performed unnecessary surgery on her that has led to health problems. Norma and Frank Utermohlen filed the lawsuit Feb. 27. They are seeking an unspecified amount of damages. According to the lawsuit, she was admitted to the […]

The New York Post http://www.tonawanda-news.com Imagine walking into your doctor’s office and finding … no one home. That could be a real possibility soon if Albany doesn’t get serious, once and for all, about runaway medical-malpractice awards in New York — and the onerous financial burden they place, indirectly, on patients and doctors here. The […]

http://www.kaisernetwork.org Summaries of developments related to medical malpractice in Mississippi, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia appear below. Mississippi: The Mississippi Supreme Court during its March-April term will consider a request from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the state clarify rules concerning the statute of limitations on malpractice lawsuits in the state, the […]

By Molly Merrill http://www.healthcareitnews.com LEAWOOD, KS – Participants in a survey sponsored by the American Academy of Family Physicians have named the Praxis EMR the top electronic medical record vendor. In a 2008 User Satisfactory Survey, Infor-Med’s Praxis EMR won first place in overall customer satisfaction, ease of use and flexibility, customer support and training […]

by Staten Island Advance http://www.silive.com Scores of Staten Island doctors put down their stethoscopes this morning to take up posters and banners. Rising before dawn, the 150 or so borough physicians trekked 170 miles to Albany to join about 1,500 fellow doctors from around the state. Their goal: To rally against what they say are […]

by Staten Island Advance http://www.silive.com Over 120 physicians from Staten Island will join more than 1,500 of their colleagues from across the state today at a symposium in Albany to voice their concerns over New York state’s excessive medical malpractice rates. “New York physicians pay some of the highest medical malpractice insurance rates in the […]

By Pamela Lewis Dolan, AMNews staff http://www.ama-assn.org One health plan has come to a conclusion that many physicians already have reached: The financial benefits of office-based electronic medical records systems are not worth the cost to doctors. Relying on information from past studies, including an American Medical Association estimate that doctors see only 11 cents […]

BY RON SYLVESTER http://www.kansascity.com The soldier in Rwanda came to the hospital with a gunshot wound from an AK-47. The doctor available that day, Todd Stephens, grew up in Minneola and figured he’d received a solid education in family practice medicine in his home state. But he wasn’t a surgeon. This man needed surgery or […]

By Tim Christie http://www.registerguard.com Dr. Gail Hacker still remembers the pitch she got from a pharmaceutical sales representative early in her medical career. “If I put my next five hypertensive patients on his drug, he would send me and my husband out to a nice dinner,â€? she said. Hacker, a family physician who now works […]