Articles

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....

7/20/2004 The Downward Spiral of Healthcare
A summary of the San Diego County Medical Society's Healthcare at the Crossroads: A Code Blue Report on the Critical Condition of Healthcare...

5/1/2004 California Patient Rights Summary
Summary of California Patient Rights and Remedies as set forth in "The California Patient's Guide"...

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. ...

4/14/2006 Burns Caused by Laparoscopic Wand
A potential complication in laparoscopic procedures is stray electricity from the wand which can burn a hole in the colon....

1/23/2003 Kaiser and CCP §998 demands
"Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. will no longer object to California Code of Civil Procedure section 998 demands on the basis of inapplicability to the Kaiser arbitration [system]"...



   
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