Hospital Ordered to Pay Surgeon Hrayr Shahinian, M.D. More Than Million
LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - 05/25/11) - The California Court of Appeals has upheld a world-renowned surgeon's multi-million dollar judgment against Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, stemming from the hospital's negligence in maintaining and sterilizing surgical instruments -- measures that had put patients' lives at stake. The Court also reaffirmed the original ruling that Cedars and much of its ...
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Tort reform reduces lawsuit risk; establishes framework for quality improvements, study suggests
Implementation of comprehensive tort reform has been associated with a nearly 80 percent decrease in the prevalence of surgical malpractice lawsuits at one academic medical center, according to new research. This decrease in lawsuits also resulted in a significant decrease in malpractice-associated costs, study suggests.
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