Recent Medical Liability Issues

• The dirty truth about docs who don't wash
• NEW AAP REPORTS HELP PEDIATRICIANS IDENTIFY AND MANAGE AUTISM EARLIER
• Publicly Available Hospital Comparison Web Sites
• The American College of Surgeons’ Closed Claims Study: New Insights for Improving Care
• Deficits in Communication and Information Transfer Between Hospital-Based and Primary Care Physicians
• Public Reporting and Pay for Performance in Hospital Quality Improvement
• Physician Communication When Prescribing New Medications
• Medication Errors
• System Failure versus Personal Accountability — The Case for Clean Hands
• Making Patient Safety the Centerpiece of Medical Liability Reform
• Incidence, Patterns, and Prevention of Wrong-Site Surgery
• Patients’ Perspectives on Ideal Physician Behaviors
• ASA: Guidelines Urge Same Urgency for TIAs as Stroke
• The Long Road to Patient Safety A Status Report on Patient Safety Systems
• Hospital Characteristics Associated With the Management of Pediatric Splenic Injuries
• Risk of Pelvic Fractures in Older Women Following Pelvic Irradiation
• American Heart Association 2005 Guidelines for CPR and ECC
• Impact of Computer-Aided Detection in a Regional Screening Mammography Program
• Care in U.S. Hospitals — The Hospital Quality Alliance Program
• Quality of Care in U.S. Hospitals as Reflected by Standardized Measures, 2002–2004
• Five Years After To Err Is Human
• Follow-up Testing Among Children With Elevated Screening Blood Lead Levels
• Fracture Prevention With Vitamin D Supplementation - A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
• The Research on Adverse Drug Events and Reports (RADAR) Project
• HIPAA and Patient Care The Role for Professional Judgment
• Relationship of Incorrect Dosing of Fibrinolytic Therapy and Clinical Outcomes
• Role of Computerized Physician Order Entry Systems in Facilitating Medication Errors
• The Road from Medical Malpractice to Safety: You Can't Get There from Here
• The Role of Physician Specialty Board Certification Status in the Quality Movement
• Surgical Mortality as an Indicator of Hospital Quality
• STUDY: Patient Safety in American Hospitals
• The Working Hours Of Hospital Staff Nurses And Patient Safety
• Hospital Nurse Staffing and Quality of Care