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Electronic health records may lower malpractice settlements
Nov 25, 2008 |
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Use of electronic health records (EHRs) may help reduce paid malpractice settlements for physicians, according to a new study. The study, which appeared in the November 24 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, showed a tren ...
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Radiologists overestimate their overall risk of malpractice lawsuits in breast imaging
Feb 02, 2009 |
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Radiologists who work in breast imaging tend to overestimate their actual risk of medical malpractice lawsuits, according to a study performed at the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine ...
Malpractice caps lure docs to Texas
Oct 05, 2007 |
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Medical malpractice award caps in Texas have swollen the ranks of medical specialists and license applications at the state medical board, official said.
Report: Limiting medical lawsuits could save $41B
Oct 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Limits on medical malpractice lawsuits would lead doctors to order up fewer unneeded tests and save taxpayers billions more than previously thought, budget umpires for Congress said Friday in a reversal that puts ...
Out of court settlement of malpractice claims: Incorrect treatment of bone fractures in children
Aug 07, 2009 |
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Incorrectly treated fractures in children are one of the errors most frequently confirmed in the arbitration process. This was the conclusion reached by Heinrich Vinz and Johann Neu of the Arbitration Board of the North German ...
Health care dispute: Costs of defensive medicine
Nov 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Dr. James Wang says he tries to tell his patients when extra medical procedures aren't necessary. If they insist, though, he will do it - not so much to protect their health as his own practice.
Poll: Support for curbs on malpractice lawsuits
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Most Americans want Congress to deal with malpractice lawsuits driving up the cost of medical care, says an Associated Press poll.
Ancient well, and body, found in Cyprus
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Archaeologists have discovered a water well in Cyprus that was built as long as 10,500 years ago, and the skeleton of a young woman at the bottom of it, an official said Wednesday.
In Brief: Nokia settles dispute with InterDigital
Apr 28, 2006 |
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Nokia and InterDigital Friday resolved a contract dispute over a patent license agreement signed in 1999 for $253 million.
Saying 'sorry' pays off for U. of Michigan doctors
Jul 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- When a treatment goes wrong at a U.S. hospital, fear of a lawsuit usually means "never daring to say you're sorry."
'Pristine' Amazonian region hosted large, urban civilization, study finds
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Aug 28, 2008 |
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They aren't the lost cities early explorers sought fruitlessly to discover. But ancient settlements in the Amazon, now almost entirely obscured by tropical forest, were once large and complex enough to be considered "urban" ...
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