New data released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) paint a promising picture for quality measures in American hospitals since Obamacare took effect. Health regulators say there’s been a nine percent decrease in hospital acquired conditions in 2011 and 2012. The... Read More

In theory, investigations by the state boards that enforce nursing regulations should cut down on hospital negligence. But in some states, including California, slow and bureaucratic procedures can keep dangerous nurses in place where they can hurt the patients they are supposed to help. For... Read More

A spate of proposed legislation in Albany, New York will give seniors in that state more protections against elderly abuse. The sponsors of the bill, Senators David Valesky (D-Oneida) and Michael Nozzolio (R-Fayette), say the proposed laws would give banks authority to refuse dubious transactions... Read More

Anyone who has spent a great deal of time in hospitals and around doctors can attest to the extensive use of medical terminology that can at times seem bewildering to the uninitiated. However, a new book reveals that hospital slang goes well beyond medically accepted... Read More

Across the nation, the legal sector is grappling with the notion of tort reform – or, a legislatively-imposed cap on damages in cases involving personal injury, product liability or medical malpractice. In Ohio, 2003 saw the dawn of one of the toughest tort reform acts... Read More

Federal data from 2012 shows that at least seven U.S. physicians who lost their medical licenses still billed Medicare for their services, collecting some $6.5 million from the national health insurance program. Their licenses had been revoked for serious transgressions including violations of prescription drug... Read More

For the fourth consecutive year the state of Washington has seen a significantly higher rate of rare, deadly birth defects in babies born there. The latest report from 2013 revealed that the disturbing trend continues: seven cases of anencephaly—a condition in which major portions of... Read More

Silverton Hospital of Silverton, Oregon, faces accusations of cerebral palsy malpractice from three area families. The families all share similar stories; their children were born at the hospital, yet allegedly due to complications of labor and delivery, the youngsters suffered permanent brain damage, which caused... Read More