Stories about physicians and other healthcare professionals involved in lawsuits—as either a plaintiff or a defendant—or accused of breaking the law. Various legal updates or unusual stories in the news may land here.
Mercy Health-Lorain Hospital is suing the county after police revoked their protection services for the catholic facility, which refused to remove the baggy, citing safety concerns.
After Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was extradited to New York, federal prosecutors unsealed a new set of murder charges.
Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., is crying foul over the damages a jury ordered it to pay Maya Kowalski and her family earlier this month.
Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., plans to file post-trial motions against the $261 million judgment that a Florida jury last week ordered the institution to pay.
Less than a week after the famous Kowalski family won a $261 million civil judgment against a Johns Hopkins facility in Florida, Maya Kowalski is announcing she will slap the hospital with a criminal complaint alleging sexual assault.
Training AI for use in healthcare requires feeding algorithms patient data, and lots of it. This opens data custodians—typically hospitals—to various points of potential legal exposure.
EMTs waited outside the man's house for 13 minutes before finally entering. The delay, it turns out, was due to an error in the dispatcher's computer system.
RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses declining reimbursement rates, recruiting challenges and the role of artificial intelligence in transforming the industry.
The tirzepatide shortage that first began in 2022 has been resolved. Drug companies distributing compounded versions of the popular drug now have two to three more months to distribute their remaining supply.
