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Reports From the Field: HAART therapy cuts hospital days for HIV/AIDS patients
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AEM improves patient safety, reduces liability
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Laparoscopic technique is effective for cancer
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Should IRBs standardize payments to subjects?
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Mini-facelifts offer quick recovery, attract patients
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Key finance question: Is relationship covered?
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Vaccine, drug development link IRBs and researchers
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Shorter hours for interns can increase patient handoff risk
Johns Hopkins researchers say they have uncovered an unintended consequence of the move in recent years to reduce the legendarily long and onerous work hours of interns. Shorter work hours can increase the risks of patient handoff, they say. -
Diagnostic errors are your biggest medmal risk
Twenty-five years of U.S. medical malpractice claim payouts show that diagnostic errors accounted for the largest fraction of claims, the most severe patient harm, and the highest total of penalty payouts, according to recent research from The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. -
Legal Review & Commentary: Dialysis mistakes leads to wrongful death and a seven-figure settlement
The five children of a 65-year old woman settled a wrongful death suit against a dialysis clinic.