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Pediatric patients admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit during evening hours had higher odds of death than daytime admissions.
Pediatrics (June 2004) 113(6):e530-e534

News: 11/23/2009
Valencia couple awarded $5 million
Valencia Assistant Principal Timothy Howard and his wife Mary Howard were awarded $5 million in a binding arbitration against Kaiser Healthcare. A panel of three arbitrators found that Kaiser physicians were negligent for failing to timely work up Mr. Howard’s transient ischemic attacks (TIA) of the retina which resulted in a devastating stroke and complications that included bilateral amputations of the patient’s legs. ...

Article: 11/23/2009
Tort reform does not belong in the h
By bundling tort reform with the health care bill, legislators are doing a huge disservice to patients nationwide. Tort reform is a red herring, and it will not accomplish the goal of bringing down health costs. Medical malpractice tort costs, which include malpractice insurance premiums, and attorney/trial costs total only 1-1.5% of the $2.3 trillion annual cost of health care in the United States. ...


    
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