Health Care Legal Issues

When you think of the legal issues arising from health care, the obvious association is medical malpractice by a doctor. Yet, as our modern health care system has become increasingly complex so to has the range of malpractice occurrences. And malpractice is not the only legal concern - your legal rights are often defined by medical insurance coverage and subrogation, HIPPA requirements, state and federal benefits, living wills and quality of life issues. For those with a legal question arising from medical care, the postings under this topic provide some answers.

Study shows juries favor doctors
Posted by: Linda Chalat
April 19, 2007

Juries still side with doctors in about half of medical malpractice cases where strong evidence of negligence is presented. This is old news to those of us who handle medical malpractice claims on behalf of patients, but now it is "official" according to a new review of 30 years of medical malpractice jury verdicts.

U.S. Hospital Errors Continue Deadly Trend
Posted by: Linda Chalat
April 04, 2007

U.S. hospitals increased the number of ?patient safety incidents? by three percent overall from 2003 to 2005, and where you seek treatment may make a huge difference in the outcome. The error gap between the nation's best- and worst-performing hospitals remained wide, a report released Monday found. America's top rated treatment centers had 40 percent lower rates of medical errors than the poorest-performing hospitals, the study showed.

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