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February 26, 2005
LA: Hospital board rejects lawyer
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February 26, 2005
MS: Voting with their feet
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February 26, 2005
Physicians sue health insurers
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February 25, 2005
FL:
Doctors recite litany of woes
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February 25, 2005
IA: Lawsuit targets U.S. chiropractor group
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February 24, 2005
Physicians are finding safety in numbers
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February 24, 2005
Duke physicians at odds with VA
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February 24, 2005
Duke physicians at odds with VA
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February 24, 2005
WI: Med mal insurance chairman testifies
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February 22, 2005
JCAHO alternatives to med-mal system
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February 22, 2005
KS: Physician recruiting efforts showing success
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February 22, 2005
Lawsuit issue aside, it's past time to control medical errors
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February 22, 2005
Lawsuit issue aside, it's past time to control medical errors
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February 22, 2005
NY:
State allocates $34.9M for physician training
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February 22, 2005
AZ:
Senate Backs Malpractice Changes Sought by Physicians
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February 22, 2005
KS: Combating medical lawsuits and errors
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February 22, 2005
AZ: No medical malpractice caps for now
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February 22, 2005
Study: Veteran Doctors Not Staying Current
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February 22, 2005
Medical peer review materials not privileged in discrimination cases
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February 22, 2005
Abusive Expert Testimony:
Toward Peer Review
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February 21, 2005
Physicians 'I'm Sorry' Measure Gets Preliminary OK
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February 21, 2005
Reporting laws aiding hospitals, officials say
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February 21, 2005
Reporting laws aiding hospitals, officials say
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February 21, 2005
LA: Antelope Valley Hospital gets A-plus on patient safety
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February 21, 2005
Doctor's care more likely to slip with age, report finds
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February 21, 2005
Minnesota physicians' plan doesn't follow Canadian model
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February 21, 2005
Patient Recovery Enhanced When Support Groups, Physicians Work Together
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February 21, 2005
Physician volunteers time to make ‘house calls' on homeless
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February 21, 2005
Physician volunteers time to make ‘house calls' on homeless
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February 21, 2005
Massachusetts Urologist Sentenced For Healthcare Fraud, Reports U.S. Attorney
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February 21, 2005
Board Says Physician-Legislator Falsified Documents
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February 21, 2005
Early Focus on Physician Satisfaction Is Key to Retention
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February 21, 2005
Physicians focus: Do you suffer from information overload?
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February 21, 2005
New Jersey plan wants repayment from cardiologists
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February 21, 2005
Virtual medical group schools physicians in business
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February 13, 2005
What doctors can learn from pilots
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February 13, 2005
Doctor Allowed To Stay In Eastern Kentucky
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February 13, 2005
TN: Doctor sues, says WTH hurts his practice
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February 12, 2005
TX: Physicians' groups to merge
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February 12, 2005
SC: Vote on physician licensing postponed
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February 12, 2005
OK: Proposed fee to hire full-time physicians
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February 12, 2005
MO: Approval sought for apology-based malpractice reform
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February 12, 2005
WA: Frequent foes align on patient safety fund
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February 12, 2005
WA: Clash over ER training could hurt Harborview
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February 12, 2005
NY: Hospitals say mistakes rare; study criticizes state's response
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February 12, 2005
Conn: Briefs from the state Capitol
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February 12, 2005
PA: US. Rep. Murphy: New physician oversight rules taking shape
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February 10, 2005
PBS: MEDICAL ERRORS
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February 10, 2005
MO: Doctors push for malpractice limits
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February 10, 2005
NC: Doctor Accused of Performing Wrong Surgery
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February 9, 2005
Medical Liability System Hinders Improvements in Patient Safety: Joint Commission Expert Panel Offers Solutions to Crisis
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February 9, 2005
IO: ORHC retreat results in physician recruitment strategies
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February 9, 2005
GA: Phoebe docs express support for CEO
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February 9, 2005
SC: Doctors spar with board over proposals
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February 9, 2005
TX: Slapped with $845,000 fine, oft-sued surgeon loses license The penalty is the largest levied by board
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February 9, 2005
Study finds that half of health care dollars are wasted
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February 9, 2005
San Diego:Palomar treated unfairly
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February 9, 2005
Editorial: Effects of medical error disclosure & apology
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February 7, 2005
Paying more for an ounce of prevention
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February 7, 2005
SD: Surgeon files ADA suit against hospital
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February 7, 2005
JAMA: Theme Issue on Medical Education
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February 7, 2005
PA: Hospital panel revises staff by-laws
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February 7, 2005
When Is a Doctor Too Old? Or Too Young?
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February 7, 2005
Physicians blast Medicare plan to curb surgery center procedures
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February 6, 2005
OH: Docs buy out New Albany hospital partner
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February 6, 2005
Some Calif. MDs Quit Worker Comp System
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February 6, 2005
IO: Problems getting physicians must first be identified
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February 6, 2005
Malpractice cap may punish unemployed
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February 6, 2005
Malpractice cap may punish unemployed
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February 6, 2005
SF: Hiding doctors' mistakes
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February 6, 2005
Fixing the physician shortage
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February 6, 2005
Norton to post hospital ratings
Care to be checked against standards
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February 6, 2005
CoxHealth officials contend a new for-profit specialty clinic will endanger their not-for-profit care system.
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February 6, 2005
Legislator hopefuls dissect medical center finances
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February 6, 2005
Report: Washoe Medical Center most profitable hospital in Nevada
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February 4, 2005
Physician Groups Address Disparities in Healthcare
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February 3, 2005
Five Things Every Patient Should Discuss with a New Physician
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February 3, 2005
Physicians Need A Touch Of Humility
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February 3, 2005
Physicians aim to get noticed in Austin
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February 3, 2005
Mass. doctor networks rated high in quality-of-care study
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February 2, 2005
Better communication needed, stat!
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February 2, 2005
Medicare to reward physicians, hospitals
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February 2, 2005
Georgia's dearth of doctors
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February 2, 2005
Medicare Begins Performance-Based Payments For Physician Groups
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February 2, 2005
COUNCIL TO DISCUSS ORDINANCE AIMED AT PHYSICIAN RESPONSIBILITY
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February 2, 2005
WY: CCMH joins group of safety-first hospitals
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February 2, 2005
Physician's costs are mounting
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February 2, 2005
New 'hospitalists' help ease the burdens on physicians
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February 1, 2005
New physicians ER group on hand at Medical Center
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February 1, 2005
FL: No visible changes at hospital -- yet
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February 1, 2005
Americans Don't Rate U.S. Health Care as World's Best
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February 1, 2005
NC: Doctors group to join Medicare experiment
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February 1, 2005
Ind: BMH among first hospitals to disclose patient-care data
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February 1, 2005
Discrediting the Expert Witness on Account of Bias
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February 1, 2005
San Diego physician is politically astute
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Dr. Henry Butler
Letter to Congressman Waxman full story...
Letter to Eileen P. Keenan, Investigator, DoD Inspector General full story...
Letter to AMA President, D. Palmisano, JD MD full story...

Dr. Roland Chalifoux
Hospitals Don't Deserve Immunity for Peer Review full story...
Peer Review: Due Process or Career Assassination full story...
Spineline Fall 2002: Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986. full story...
How the HCQIA affected me full story...

Dr. Laura Crafton

Dr. Eric Grosch
"Witch Hunts and Due Process full story...
Example Contracts full story...
A new approach to LOR full story...
Resume writing tips full story...

Dr. Eric Gluck - his website

Dr. William Hinnant
Dr. Hinnant's letter to Sydney Olson, Director, Department of Government Relations, American Osteopathic Association full story...
AMENDING THE HCQIA, part 1: full story...
AMENDING THE HCQIA, part 2: full story...
Response by Dr. William Hinnant to an article written by Eric Springer, counsel at Horty, Springer & Mattern, a leading law firm representing hospital administrators who have attacked distinguished physicians under the guise of peer review. full story...

Dr. Lawrence Huntoon
Abuse of the "Disruptive Physician" clause full story...
Medical Herdology full story...
Resolutions submitted to the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
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Dr. Mary Johnson
Her Website

Dr. Linda Peeno - her website

Dr. Stephen Whitlock Smith - his website

Dr. Ron Virmani

LATEST FROM DR. VIRMANI Peer-Review Enters Tenth Year at Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte full story...
Dr. Virmani's personal testimony full story...
North Carolina Presbyterian Matthews Hospital denies Dr. Virmani DUE PROCESS in Peer Review full story...
Unreal Medicine and Malpractice in the United States full story...
Medical Errors, Peer Review & The NPDB full story...
Seven Years of Injustice by Presbyterian Hospital full story...
Abuse Is Widespread full story...

Dr. Thomas Wieters
Article "Shammed I Am" focuses on Dr. Wieters

Dr. Verner Waite

A Fabricated Review
A Kangaroo Court
Napoleonic Peer Review
Letter to Judge Gadbois
Q & A with AMA President John Clowes
Downey Community Hospital attempted to counter-sue Dr. Waite over his claims against DCH in a previous suit. However, DCH was unable to complete their filing. Scroll to the bottom of this page to read the full story...


 

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