side note: transparency and risk management have long been suggested as a means of lowering medical accidents. The Cleveland Clinic is correct. Accountability and a sharing of mistakes would go far in preventing future mistakes. When fire breaks out and burns a patient during surgery in Pennsylvania, the hospital is required by law to report […]

side note: Another article on the importance of Electronic Health Records (EHR). Though the initial cost may be a burden for doctors, hospitals and practices, the rewards of an electronic system will begin paying immediate dividends. Studies show that error rates (and therefore, medical malpractice lawsuits) are lower for those physicians and hospitals that use […]

side note: Looks like this woman has a slam dunk medical malpractice insurance case. Monitoring of narcotics in a hospital setting is paramount. These are the kind of errors that contribute to the rising costs of professional medical liability insurance. I’m assuming med-mal insurance rates in Colorado are going to creep upwards when this trial […]

side note: Found this over at KevinMD’s blog and thought that I should re-post this because all Cunningham Group website visitors should be aware of these. With the explosion of smart phone sales, and the increased awareness of EMR/EHR…these types of apps have become increasingly important to physicians who want to use technology to better….and […]

I just read an interesting article at confused.com on the impact of your home insurance prices if you use social media sites. Why you ask? Well….a lot of people like to Tweet or tell their friends on Facebook and MySpace that they are going on vacation….or heading over to a friend’s house for dinner. That’s […]

by Matt Burns http://www.bizjournals.com Medical malpractice claims and insurance rates fell again in Ohio in 2007, but the state’s top insurance official isn’t calling a win just yet for tort reform legislation that took effect in 2003. The Ohio Department of Insurance’s third annual report on professional liability claims shows 3,451 claims closed in 2007, […]

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Aaron S. Kesselheim, M.D., J.D., and David M. Studdert, LL.B., Sc.D. http://content.nejm.org/ The U.S. Supreme Court is currently considering the case of Wyeth v. Levine, whose central question is whether approval of a pharmaceutical product’s label by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should protect the manufacturer from litigation by patients alleging that they were […]