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However, the rapid nationwide push for an integrated electronic medical record (EMR) system has changed all of this. Signatures have been replaced by sign-ins, charts are stored electronically, and documentation is by keystroke instead of pen to paper.  

ABC News (blog)Rick Santorum's Medical Malpractice LawsuitABC News (blog)Rick Santorum has often called for limits medical malpractice lawsuits, but back in 1999, his wife Karen sued her chiropractor $500000 for allegedly injuring her back. Santorum testified in the case, telling the jury that the injury caused his wife ...Springfield Chiropractor Caught Up in Alleged Santorum HypocrisyPatch.comall 3 news articles »  

The Republican-controlled Florida Legislature is pushing ahead this year with changes meant to curb medical malpractice lawsuits against doctors. This effort is being criticized as an attack on the privacy rights of patients and comes at a time when fewer …  

Medical malpractice and personal injury law firm Lubin & Meyer PC, has been awarded two Tier 1 rankings in the 2011-2012 publication of the U.S. News & World Report – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms.” http://bestlawfirms.usnews.com/firms/lubin-meyer-pc ...  

But in the context of Oregon’s health care reform, malpractice suits are a second-tier issue. It should be dealt with later, for several reasons. First, there is no malpractice lawsuit crisis in Oregon. Medical malpractice insurance rates peaked eight ...  

Electronic health records are yet another way that technology is making medicine more precise and doctors less prone to error. ICD codes are methods used to classify information for billing purposes.Contributor: Corwin BullockPublished: Feb 14, 2012  

Oregon's Senate Republicans have joined with one Democrat on the issue of medical malpractice caps, saying changes must be made or they'll block a key health care reform bill. If passed, the bill could qualify Oregon for as much as $2.5 billion in federal funds over the next five years.  

From the AAJ - American Association of Justice. Seriously, in the midst of all this toil and turmoil, Congress is pondering the tort reford/deform non-issue again? You got to be kidding. Although tort reform/deform is a bogus solution for a non-existent problem, some might think a few other issues are more important, such as: balancing the budget, health, jobs, rebuilding the nation's infrastructure rather than bending to the whims of the...  

... pay as much as $191,000 in medical liability premiums, whereas his or her counterpart in Minnesota might pay as little as $11,000. The biggest force acting on the medical liability insurance industry today "is the evolving nature of ...  

The Express TribuneWomen doctors: Financial cost of social hang-upsThe Express TribunePHOTO: FILE/DFID Every year thousands of women become doctors, but how much does the country benefit from them? Apparently, not much. Research undertaken by the Sindh Health Department on five medical colleges shows that a total of 5036 female students ...  

Mirror.co.ukStudy finds doctors shouldn't transfer 3 or more embryos into women having IVF ...Washington PostNelson said patients going through IVF may pressure doctors to transfer more embryos, believing it may boost their chances of having a baby and avoiding more treatment. “Doctors may feel if they don't do what their patients want, they'll just go down ...In IVF, Is Three Embryos Too Many?ABC News (blog)IVF study shows no benefit in...  

12 MP doctors fined for conducting drug trialsThe HinduThe Madhya Pradesh government has fined 12 doctors Rs. 5000 each for conducting drug trials on children and mentally challenged persons, even as the Opposition Congress termed the fine an “eyewash” and a “joke” and demanded a CBI probe into the matter. ...12 doctors in drug trial racket let off with Rs 5000 fine in Madhya PradeshTimes of IndiaMalnourished tribal kids used as guinea pigs in...  

Telegraph.co.ukPoor foreign doctors put patients at risk in NHSTelegraph.co.ukPatients are being put at risk by European laws that allow potentially incompetent foreign doctors to work in the NHS while undermining training in Britain, some of the country's most senior doctors warn. By Robert Winnett, Political Editor In a letter ...EU laws allowing incompetent doctors to work in the NHSDaily MailEU laws 'putting patients at risk'The Press...  

All India RadioRajasthan doctors end strike, health facilities normaliseTimes of IndiaJAIPUR: Healthcare services have started to normalise in Rajasthan after remaining badly affected for 11 days as around 10000 government doctors joined duty on Sunday after ending their strike the day before. Over 500 doctors were arrested across the ...Impasse over, Rajasthan doctors call off strikeHindustan TimesRajasthan doctors call off strikeNewstrack...  

Yesterday's ski bums are today's doctors, lawyers, beer makers ...Salt Lake TribuneBy Mike Gorrell Bill Shorter came to Utah from New York in 1962 to work as a handyman at the rustic Alta Lodge so he could ski for free. He retired in 2008 as general manager of the premier Alta Club. In the mid-1970s, Ken Verdoia drove to Salt Lake ...and more »