Today we bring you Part II of my conversation with Wayne Burton and Cyndy Nayer of the Center for Health Innovation, where we get into some specific examples of successful programs.  The Center represents over 40 million lives, and brings together employers and providers to focus on a limited number ...

And we have a new favourite politician : Meet Dr. "Goodluck Jonathan" Nigeria's new acting President who assumed powers today after President Umaru Yar'Adua, who has been ailing and out of the country for the last two months, called the BBC and said he was in Saudi Arabia recovering from a heart ...

On February 9, 2010, the medical malpractice lawsuit of Marshall v. Moniz, No. CL08-2018 in Circuit Court for the County of York and the Town of Poquoson, Virginia, was heard on the Defendants’ three dilatory pleadings. Plaintiff alleges that various surgery-related acts and/or omissions caused him ...

This blog has a recurring theme of urging patients to be careful about the alleged wonders of minimally invasive surgery, and also to check a surgeon's credentials and experience carefully. These themes both come out in a new story about a legal case. An arbitration panel headed by a retired chief ...

On February 1, 2010, it became compulsory for randomly selected passengers at Heathrow and Manchester airports in the UK to pass through full body scanners before boarding their flights.  This enhanced security screening has been implemented following the attempted Christmas Day terrorist attac ...

Mike Masnik of the Techdirt blog asks why shouldn't jurors be allowed to do a little online research outside the courtroom. His view is since jurors come to the table with their outside experiences, biases and prejudices, what harm would it do to allow the smart ones to use a little technology to ai ...

As attorneys, mediators or negotiators we are in the communication business. Our success or failure is directly related to what we say and how we say it. How we communicate determines in large part whether people see us as “civil,” “competent,” “credible,” “professional’ and “ethical.” This is tr ...

beck-blog - Steht das lukrative Geschäftsmodell mit Abmahnungen wegen Urheberrechtsverletzungen möglicherweise vor dem Aus? Ein entsprechendes Signal sendet jedenfalls das Amtsgericht Frankfurt/Main mit seinem Urteil vom 29.01.2010 (Az. 31 C 1078/09 – 78, abrufbar im Volltext bei RA Thomas St ...

Dr. Schmitz & Partner - Das Bundesverfassungsgericht hat wieder zugeschlagen! Die deutschen Regierungen haben sich daran gewöhnt, nicht nur die andere Wange hinzuhalten. Das BVerfG hat festgestellt: Regelleistungen nach SGB II (“Hartz IV- Gesetz”) sind nicht verfassungsgemäß (Urteil vo ...

This story is one of the more scary items I've seen reported by the media. The New York Times ran a story about a nurse (Anne Mitchell) in Texas who informed state regulators that a doctor (Rolando G. Arafiles Jr., MD) at her rural hospital was practicing bad medicine. What did she get in return? H ...