Connecticut court opens door for patients to see peer review records
Doctors say the state Supreme Court decision allowing Freedom of Information requests could chill peer review proceedings.
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October 1, 2009
Challenges to medical liability caps go before Georgia, Maryland high courts
Doctors say the cases threaten to destabilize liability climates and highlight the need for tort reform to be part of federal health system reform.
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Doctors often register unconscious bias against blacks, study finds
Psychological testing shows white physicians have friendlier attitudes toward anonymous white people than toward black people. But is this linked to unequal treatment?
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New specialty approved for treating child abuse
Meanwhile, a specialty in obesity care is being developed by 12 medical associations.
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Joint Commission opens center to develop patient safety solutions
Hospitals will follow an industrial approach to improve hand hygiene as well as addressing other problems.
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