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Malpractice Case: Watch Out for Drug Interactions and Overuse Physicians are attuned to signs of drug abuse, but simple overuse and multiple-drug interactions should also be a concern.
Cooperative of American Physicians, August 21, 2019
Woman Who Never Saw Doctor Claims Mistreatment; More Woman who never saw physician claims mistreatment; review panel acted unconstitutionally, justices say; mega-award for injuries sustained during childbirth
Medscape Business of Medicine, August 19, 2019

Malpractice Case: Dangers When Transitioning to Electronic Records
Cooperative of American Physicians, July 23, 2019
Should Docs Rethink Saying 'I'm Sorry' After a Medical Error?
Medscape Business of Medicine, July 17, 2019
Malpractice Case: When a Curbside Consult Becomes Patient Care
Cooperative of American Physicians, July 5, 2019
Must I Take Calls From a Nurse Practitioner's Patients?
Medscape, June 21, 2019

Malpractice & Legal News

Cardinal Health Warns Ongoing Opioid-Related Lawsuits to Hit Business Drug distributor Cardinal Health Inc warned on Tuesday that its business could be hurt as it defends itself against several opioid-related lawsuits.
Reuters Health Information, August 21, 2019
Multiple Hospitals Close in Wake of Fraud Allegations Jorge A. Perez and his management company, EmpowerHMS, helped run an empire of rural hospitals. Now, 12 of them have entered bankruptcy and eight have closed their doors. So, what happened?
Kaiser Health News, August 21, 2019

Drugmaker Endo to Pay $10 Million to Settle Opioid Case Ahead of Trial
Reuters Health Information, August 21, 2019
South Africa's Aspen to Pay 8 Mln Pounds to NHS After UK Probe
Reuters Health Information, August 16, 2019
U.S. Lawmakers Push Mylan, Teva Over Drug Pricing Probe -Statement
Reuters Health Information, August 16, 2019
Trump Administration Hits Brakes on Law to Curb Unneeded Medicare CT Scans, MRIs
Kaiser Health News, August 14, 2019

Journals

Malpractice Claims in Benign Biliary Disease Surgery
Annals of Surgery, May 21, 2019
Of a Certain Age: When Are Radiologists Too Old to Practice?
Applied Radiology, December 14, 2018
The Price of Medical Tourism
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, November 5, 2018
Defensive Medicine and Histopathology Diagnosis of Melanoma
American Journal of Clinical Pathology, September 24, 2018
Trends in Physician Reimbursement for Spinal Procedures
Spine, August 6, 2018

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