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Maine Medical Malpractice News Headlines

 

Folic Acid May Prevent Cleft Lip and Palate

Insurance Department Announces Ohio Medical Malpractice Rate Decrease

Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance Premium Assistance Fund

Ins. Dept. Commends Legislature For Medical Malpractice Insurance Reform Bill

Latest Medical Malpractice Data Shows Decline In Case Filings

Consumers Unlikely To Engage In Protective Behaviors To Prevent Medical Errors

Sen. Patrick Leahy On Medical Malpractice Legislation

Medical Malpractice Rate Decrease of 1.5 Percent

State Approves Sale Of Medical Malpractice Insurer

Baucus Bill Seeks To Streamline Medical Malpractice Claims

Second Annual Medical Malpractice Insurance Report Released

Strike Three for CJD on Medical Malpractice

The Best Offense Is a Good Defense Against Medical Errors

Maryland,Virgina And DC, Malpactice Tort Reform

Malpractice Claims By Patients Or Their Survivors

Medical Malpractice Reform Would Curb Costs & Improve Access To Health Care

Governor Ehrlich Establishes Medical Malpractice Task Force

First Applauds Bush Comments On Medical Malpractice Reform

Department Approves Dissolution Plan For Medical Malpractice Insurance Association (Mmia)

New Company Moves Toward Offering Malpractice Insurance In Wyoming

Gov. Blagojevich Revives Medical Malpractice Reform Negotiations

Ohio Medical Malpractice Commission Issues Interim Report

Medical Malpractice Reform Legislation Fails In Senate

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Announces Favorable Trends from Preliminary Data

Linder Votes To Increase Employees’ Access To Health Care

Linder Votes To Protect Patients By Limiting Runaway Medical Malpractice Awards

GOP Senators Offer Amendment to Medical Malpractice Reform Package

House Democrats join Governor, Insurance Commissioner in Medical Malpractice Reform package roll-out

Medical Board Launches New, Consumer-Friendly Web Site Address

Medical Malpractice Crisis Hurting Doctor Recruiting in Ohio

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Patients die in hospitals and in care from negligence
Between 44,000 and 98,000 people die in hospitals annually each year due to preventable medical errors, the Institute of Medicine found.
 


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State Approves Sale Of Medical Malpractice Insurer
(Salem) State regulators have approved a plan to allow the acquisition of Oregon’s largest medical malpractice insurer by a California company. Sal...
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Linder Votes To Increase Employees’ Access To Health Care
Washington, D.C. - Congressman John Linder (R-GA) joined with a majority of his House colleagues this week in voting to improve Ameri...
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Gov. Blagojevich Revives Medical Malpractice Reform Negotiations
University of Illinois Hospitals’ Special Counsel and former Chief Judge of the Cook County Circuit Court Donald P. O’Connell to serve as mediator in ...
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Maine.com Terms

 


Today's Terms

Fibromyalgia

Definition:
A pain disorder in which a person feels widespread pain and stiffness in the muscles, fatigue, and other symptoms.

Noneconomic damages

Definition:
Damages payable for items other than monetary losses, such as pain and suffering. The term technically includes punitive damages, but those are typically discussed separately.

Informed Consent

Definition:
Is the process by which fully informed patients can participate in choices about Their healthcare. It originates from the legal and ethical right the patient has to direct what happens to her body and from the ethical duty of the physician to involve the patient in her health care.

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Topics Related to Medical Malpractice:

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Maine Medical-Malpractice Attorney
 
If you live in the following cities and need an Medical-Malpractice attorney you should contact our Medical-Malpractice Attorney as soon as possible:

  • Auburn
  • Augusta
  • Bangor
  • Biddeford
  • Brunswick
  • Lewiston
  • Portland
  • Saco
  • Sanford
  • Scarborough
  • South Portland
  • Waterville
  • Westbrook
  • Windham
 


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