A study of malpractice litigation claims, published in the May 11, 2006 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, concluded that 40% of claims were without merit, including those with no evidence of injury (3%) and claims that were not associated with medical errors (37%). However, the study...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 20
The American Medical Association (AMA) on May 8 issued a statement to refute the "flawed analysis" in a study published in the May/June issue of Health Affairs. The study's authors, a law professor and two law students, contended that perceptions of a liability crisis are overblown based on data...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 19
The New Hampshire state Senate unanimously passed legislation May 4 to prohibit the sale of physicians' prescription information to pharmaceutical, insurance, and data-mining companies for commercial purposes. If Gov. John Lynch (D) signs the bill, the state will become the first in the nation...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 18
Deciding whether to have non-physicians, such as nurses, participate in peer review is a culture issue-although it is wise to consult with your legal counsel to make sure that having non-physicians participate in peer review does not jeopardize any peer review legal protection.
The main...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 18
A board member of the American Medical Association (AMA) last week testified in Congress in support of medical liability reform, calling on legislators to cap non-economic damages. The U.S. House of Representatives passed medical liability legislation, H.R. 5, last July. Now the Senate is...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 17
More than two out of every five public healthcare workers would not show up for work during a flu pandemic, according to a survey conducted by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore. The researchers reported...
