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December

� Liability premium outlook improves as many physicians see lower rates - Dec. 29
� New partnership targets health care quality - Dec. 29
� AAMC report says 30% med school enrollment hike is not enough - Dec. 29
� Defensive medicine widespread among Massachusetts doctors - Dec. 29
� Montana court OKs doctor-assisted suicide - Dec. 29
� Brief: Physicians to receive payments in Blues settlements - Dec. 29
� Helping patients who are victims of abuse - Dec. 29
� New Hampshire ban on sale of prescribing data upheld - Dec. 22
� State societies warn of primary care shortages - Dec. 22
� Feature: Illness interrupts (book excerpt: Life in the Balance) - Dec. 22
� Brief: AHA joins AMA, NMA to address racial disparities - Dec. 22
� IOM urges more rest for residents in push to improve patient safety. - Dec. 22
� Illinois high court hears challenge to state medical liability cap - Dec. 15
� Many doctors say they offer OTC meds or other placebos - Dec. 15
� Brief: FSMB names interim CEO - Dec. 15
� Brief: Singapore considers paying expenses of kidney donors - Dec. 15
� Story Comment: Doctor, med society executive honored for decades of service - Dec. 8
� Feature: Going high profile: Medical boards push transparency - Dec. 8
� Brief: ABIM warns about "phony" boards - Dec. 8
� Doctors urge: Rescue primary care or work force shortage will mount - Dec. 8
� Supreme Court cases on medical issues rare, but crucial - Dec. 8
� Story Comment: AMA meeting: Global warming has health toll, delegates warn - Dec. 1
� Story Comment: AMA meeting: Delegates weigh ethics committee's role - Dec. 1
� Story Comment: AMA meeting: Doctors told to reveal financial stake in referrals - Dec. 1
� Story Comment: AMA meeting: Disruptive behavior standard draws fire - Dec. 1
� Story Comment: AMA meeting: Texting while driving, trans fats on hit list - Dec. 1
� Story Comment: AMA meeting: Reforming SGR tops Association's Medicare agenda for 2009 - Dec. 1
� Study favors use of national health ID numbers for patients - Dec. 1
� Court to rule on drug labels as liability shield - Dec. 1
� Brief: Study shows jury awards climbing in medical liability cases - Dec. 1
� Story Comment: AMA meeting: Delegates back medical home, want pay issues resolved - Dec. 1
� Finding the right approach to EPT - Dec. 1

November

� AMA Immediate Past President Ron Davis, MD, succumbs to pancreatic cancer - Nov. 24
� Washington becomes 2nd state to allow physician-assisted suicide - Nov. 24
� Brief: Study tracks "never events" liability - Nov. 24
� Doctors fight balance-billing ban on out-of-network costs - Nov. 17
� Drugmakers vow to disclose their payments to physicians - Nov. 17
� Brief: Nation's high court rejects abortion informed-consent case - Nov. 17
� Med copter deaths intensify calls to enforce safety rules - Nov. 17
� California law mandates discussing end-of-life options - Nov. 10
� Med schools report record enrollments, more minorities - Nov. 10
� Feature: Judging genetic risks: Physicians often caught between what patients want and what science offers - Nov. 10
� Brief: AHRQ funds project on preventing bloodstream infections - Nov. 10
� Use of shared peer review findings is questioned - Nov. 10
� Board settlement can't be used in Minnesota liability trial - Nov. 3
� More hospitals start palliative care programs - Nov. 3
� Brief: High litigation costs force civil cases to settle, study shows - Nov. 3
� Hospitalist, generalist: How they balance care - Nov. 3

October

� Polls show Washington voters favor physician-assisted suicide - Oct. 27
� Feature: The reflective essayist (book excerpt: The Uncertain Art) - Oct. 27
� Brief: AHRQ accepting applications for patient safety organization status - Oct. 27
� Brief: High court declines abortion case over "wanted" posters - Oct. 27
� Brief: Infection control group: Flu shot should be required for doctors - Oct. 27
� Medical student stress and burnout leave some with thoughts of suicide - Oct. 20
� 4 doctors awarded MacArthur genius grants - Oct. 20
� Brief: Texas high court declines to address medical liability cap - Oct. 20
� Brief: Palliative care programs take hold in Calif. hospitals - Oct. 20
� Brief: Handoffs at teaching hospitals seen as harmful to patients - Oct. 20
� Elections seen as turning point for stem cell studies - Oct. 20
� California court rejects how hospital applied privileges rule - Oct. 13
� Feature: Other nations, other answers: In search of a solution to the organ shortage - Oct. 13
� Brief: Blues settlement facilitator appointed - Oct. 13
� Brief: Study shows Texas liability reforms boost access to care - Oct. 13
� Brief: USP database details look-alike, sound-alike drugs - Oct. 13
� Case pits anti-bias law against doctors' rights - Oct. 13
� Drug samples can mean fewer generic prescriptions for the uninsured - Oct. 6
� Trade group's "accreditation" could confuse medical tourists - Oct. 6
� Brief: Medical liability case filings, insurance rates decline in West Virginia - Oct. 6
� Florida high court rejects curb on medical staff rights - Oct. 6
� When it's OK to say: No new patients - Oct. 6
� Liability reform and better ob-gyn access - Oct. 6

September

� Sponges, surgical instruments miscounted in 13% of surgeries - Sept. 22
� Court OKs Health Net deal over out-of-network pay - Sept. 22
� Feature: Courts examine peer review: Maintaining a proper sense of balance - Sept. 22
� Brief: Georgia physicians sue over rental network practices - Sept. 22
� HHS site invites public to compare mortality rates at 4,700 hospitals - Sept. 22
� Report amplifies call for care in underserved areas - Sept. 15
� 2,700 apply for Florida medical school's tuition-free offer - Sept. 15
� Researchers urge pay for egg donors - Sept. 15
� Brief: County society apologizes for excluding black doctor - Sept. 15
� Brief: Stanford changes rules on industry funding for CME - Sept. 15
� Feature: Time to get tough? States increasingly offer ways to opt out of vaccine mandates - Sept. 8
� Legal risk for prescribing painkillers is small, study says - Sept. 8
� Brief: N.Y. freezes liability insurance rates - Sept. 8
� Brief: Patients value board certification but don't understand what it means - Sept. 8
� Texas liability reforms spur plunge in premiums and lawsuits - Sept. 8
� Attempt to remove bullet leads to lawsuit - Sept. 8
� Medical blog analysis fuels call for standards - Sept. 1
� Work-hour limits found to create little respite for residents - Sept. 1
� Nevada ruling may compound end-of-life care decisions - Sept. 1
� Brief: Illinois medical liability insurance premiums stabilize - Sept. 1
� Medical blogs: Who are they good for? - Sept. 1

August

� Academic leaders work to ease work force crisis - Aug. 25
� Most states said to have good rules on pain medicines - Aug. 25
� Feature: Unexpected connections (book excerpt: The Light Within) - Aug. 25
� Brief: Report: Surgical errors cost nearly $1.5 billion annually - Aug. 25
� Tons of donated medical texts sent to war zones in Afghanistan and Iraq - Aug. 25
� Psychiatrists scrutinize APA's revenues from drug industry - Aug. 18
� California courts to sort out balance-billing issues - Aug. 18
� Brief: New name for infection control stresses prevention - Aug. 18
� Brief: Group wants doctors to boast of refusing to see drug reps - Aug. 18
� Brief: Study: Nurses sometimes skirt barcode safety checks - Aug. 18
� Brief: WellPoint settles with Calif. hospitals over rescission payments - Aug. 18
� New Joint Commission standard tells hospitals to squelch disruptive behaviors - Aug. 18
� Uninsured problem lowers U.S. health system's performance score - Aug. 18
� Missouri court says midwives can continue to practice - Aug. 11
� Ethics consultants get doses of realism through simulations - Aug. 11
� Brief: Joint Commission delays standard - Aug. 11
� Brief: Ariz. appeals court voids expert witness requirements - Aug. 11
� Brief: Surgery checklist yields results in pilot studies - Aug. 11
� Brief: S.C. medical society launches liability insurance company - Aug. 11
� Brief: Mass., New York join trend on no pay for "never events" - Aug. 11
� Hospitals shine light on mistakes by publicly saying: "We're sorry" - Aug. 11
� Ethics panel may back universal coverage, ponders access as a "moral imperative" - Aug. 4
� Kansas court enforces noncompete clause - Aug. 4
� Brief: Renowned heart surgeon dies at 99 - Aug. 4
� P4P found to have little impact on care quality - Aug. 4
� Assessing self-neglect in older patients - Aug. 4

July

� Massachusetts doctors challenge liability insurance analysis - July 28
� AMA apologizes for past inequality against black doctors - July 28
� Feature: Med school for judges: A crash course in medical litigation - July 28
� Brief: Utah court voids physician-patient arbitration contract - July 28
� Drug industry: No more free pens, pads or mugs - July 28
� Exception to statute of limitations upheld in Georgia - July 21
� Doctors let TV series document their world - July 21
� Brief: AMA protests award given to alleged Nazi euthanasia doctor - July 21
� California bill would mandate discussions of end-of-life options - July 14
� Teaching hospitals, residencies win reprieve on Medicaid cuts - July 14
� Medicare's no-pay events: Coping with the complications - July 14
� Brief: Conflict-of-interest scorecard finds few medical schools do top job - July 14
� News AMA meeting: Delegates seek to change law on organ donor incentives - July 7
� News AMA meeting: Resident work hours stir passionate debate - July 7
� News AMA meeting: AMA clarifies plan on tax credits for insurance - July 7
� News AMA meeting: Delegates respond to rising student debt - July 7
� News AMA meeting: AMA OKs palliative sedation for terminally ill - July 7
� News AMA meeting: Delegates explore on-call coverage, at-home genetic tests - July 7
� News AMA meeting: Doctors oppose mandatory drug reporting laws - July 7
� News AMA meeting: Increasing use of Tasers prompts safety review - July 7
� News AMA meeting: Guidelines target safety of medical tourists - July 7
� News AMA meeting: Physicians demand greater oversight of doctors of nursing - July 7
� Military sweetens the deal to entice medical students - July 7
� AMA tool kit helps doctors measure, boost patient comprehension - July 7
� Massachusetts doctors sue, saying ranking program is flawed - July 7
� Brief: ICU doctors less comfortable talking to black patients - July 7
� Brief: Cleveland medical school makes free tuition standard for students - July 7
� News AMA meeting: Delegates decry CMS no-pay list as unrealistic and call for revision - July 7
� News AMA meeting: AMA grades health plans on how they handle claims - July 7
� An ethics consult can help build consensus - July 7

June

� IMGs, other visa holders in Michigan free to drive again - June 23
� Minorities underrepresented in California doctor work force - June 23
� Medical schools on target to reach enrollment goals - June 23
� Feature: Therapeutic thought (book excerpt: The Cure Within) - June 23
� Brief: Ruling expected on fight over patient records - June 23
� FDA drug safety review to start with Medicare - June 16
� New rule excludes medical graduates from federal loan deferment plan - June 16
� National safety effort targets perinatal injuries - June 16
� Brief: Doctors need better bedside manners, survey says - June 16
� Brief: Physician demand, salaries grow in New York - June 16
� Brief: Florida medical college funds scholarships for first class - June 16
� Brief: Renewal of Conrad 30 program moves forward - June 16
� Brief: Study finds health systems vary on quality, but nonprofits do better - June 16
� Medical testing board to introduce doctor of nursing certification - June 16
� Barriers to prescribing opioids - June 16
� Blues HMO ordered to pay hospital pathologists - June 9
� AMA encourages future physicians - June 9
� Feature: Gearing up for a graying generation: Training more doctors in geriatrics skills - June 9
� Brief: Massachusetts considering ban on drug industry gifts - June 9
� Formula for rationing care: Task forces plan for disaster - June 9
� Shortage of general surgeons is straining some facilities - June 2
� Cap on noneconomic damages is unconstitutional, Georgia judge says - June 2
� Brief: Patient-centered medical home model gains support - June 2
� Brief: North Carolina to post medical liability judgments online - June 2
� Brief: FSMB delegates delay model policy on maintenance of licensure - June 2
� Brief: Web site publicizes Illinois physicians' medical liability data - June 2
� Obese patients benefit from supportive environment - June 2

May

� Feature: Tinkering with patents: Decisions muddy the waters on legal rights - May 26
� Study: Med schools can boost rural physician supply - May 26
� Brief: Doctors in Illinois to see lower liability premiums - May 26
� Med schools asked to shun drug firm freebies - May 26
� Hospitalized kids found at risk for drug errors - May 19
� AMA to help monitor Blues settlement - May 19
� Heart surgeon pioneer wins highest civilian honor - May 19
� Brief: High court upholds lethal injections - May 19
� Feature: Oregon still stands alone: Ten years of physician-assisted suicide - May 12
� Harvard offers discount on med school tuition - May 12
� Brief: AHRQ launches innovations Web site - May 12
� Doctor disciplinary actions down for 3rd year - May 12
� Transplant surgeon faces criminal charge for donor's quick death - May 12
� Texas court finds board exceeded its authority and podiatrists' scope - May 5
� Physicians examine the role of annual checkups in prevention - May 5
� Public pleas for organs fuel ethical qualms - May 5
� Brief: Council calls for physician, nurse supply conference - May 5
� Brief: Survey: Mich. doctor supply tightens - May 5
� Brief: Insurer faces lawsuit over policy cancellations - May 5
� Brief: N.J. doctors likely to see losses after insurer insolvency - May 5
� Brief: Medical home concept gains support - May 5
� Lawyers' misconduct triggers new liability trials - May 5
� Baby boomer time bomb: Too many aging patients, too few geriatricians - May 5
� Ambiguously ill pose challenge for doctors - May 5
� Part-time doctors - May 5

April

� Hospital told to check bylaws on exclusive deals - April 28
� Feature: Foiling a fake (book excerpt: Charlatan) - April 28
� Brief: Dr. Nathan Davis award winners announced - April 28
� Brief: Humana settles Missouri payment class action - April 28
� U.S. report finds sluggish increases in quality of care - April 28
� Advanced-practice nurses seek wider scope in 24 states - April 21
� Schools urged to police financial ties - April 21
� Minnesota physician can sue doctors critical of courtroom testimony - April 21
� Patients generally pleased with hospital care - April 21
� Brief: AMA opens online CME portal - April 21
� Brief: Accreditors approve human research protection program at Florida agency - April 21
� Brief: Dr. Kevorkian announces bid for Congress - April 21
� Brief: New medical schools get accreditation - April 21
� Brief: Court: Georgia HMO not subject to any-willing-provider law - April 21
� Resident work-hour violations are up - April 21
� Similar drug-name pairs nearly double 2004 tally - April 14
� Feature: Fighting spirit: AMNews interviews Ron Davis, MD - April 14
� Brief: AMA, Discovery Health offer internship - April 14
� Expert who changed mind claims immunity, but plaintiffs still sue - April 14
� Reportable events often go unreported - April 14
� Missouri Supreme Court: Doctors can sue if hospitals ignore bylaws in privileging issues - April 7
� Resident Match breaks records for applicants and couples - April 7
� Brief: Public favors quality reporting but uncertain about pay-for-performance - April 7
� Brief: Oregon keeps wrongful death damage cap - April 7
� Ask questions before working at retail clinics - April 7

March

� Students lose empathy for patients during medical school - March 24
� Is their integrity on the line when doctors pitch products? - March 24
� Brief: Retail clinic agrees to AAFP standards - March 24
� Brief: Study finds 10% of Bay State patients are harmed by medication errors - March 24
� Brief: Doctors Company to refund premiums - March 24
� California medical students to get court-ordered tuition refunds - March 17
� CMS metric may prompt excessive antibiotic use - March 17
� Older physicians trim hours in lieu of retiring - March 17
� Brief: Ohio court upholds statute that limits noneconomic awards - March 17
� Brief: Ind. compensation fund cuts fees - March 17
� Brief: Study finds gaps in medical schools' conflict-of-interest rules - March 17
� Insurers feel backlash over policy cancellations - March 17
� To err is human, to report is hard - March 17
� Depressed residents make more drug errors - March 10
� More schools teaching spirituality in medicine - March 10
� Michigan patient safety study gets HHS approval to resume - March 10
� Feature: Jinx of the J-1 visa: IMGs finding other paths to residency - March 10
� Brief: MRI-related burns, deaths prompt call for better safety measures - March 10
� Brief: Group builds IMG adviser network - March 10
� Informed consent at heart of New York lawsuit - March 10
� More heart transplants done, better outcomes - March 3
� Medical identity theft is often an "inside job" - March 3
� Program helps Hispanic IMGs qualify for U.S. residencies - March 3
� AMA analysis reaffirms: Tort reforms work - March 3
� Brief: ACOG: Doctors should disclose financial ties, pros, cons on cord-blood banking - March 3
� How to handle a prejudiced patient - March 3

February

� Feature: Finding one's place (book excerpt: Intern: A Doctor's Initiation) - Feb. 25
� Medical staff members help end problems at California hospital - Feb. 25
� Dual-doctor family in progress: Son follows mom to med school - Feb. 25
� Brief: Medical liability claims down in Ohio - Feb. 25
� Michigan law bars some IMGs from driving - Feb. 18
� IOM panel seeks program to evaluate research, guidelines - Feb. 18
� Going to extremes: Doctoring desert runners - Feb. 18
� Georgia Blues plan sued under any-willing-provider law - Feb. 18
� Brief: Number of New York physicians rises - Feb. 18
� Brief: New office-based surgery rules take effect in Arizona - Feb. 18
� Study questions impact of quality report cards - Feb. 18
� California appeals court rules against insurer's rescission practices - Feb. 11
� New plan would require D.C. drug detailers to be licensed - Feb. 11
� Feature: Bulletproof bylaws: Maintaining the right to protect doctors -- and patients - Feb. 11
� Brief: FDA: Device fragments can harm patients - Feb. 11
� Brief: Study shows that EMRs lower medical liability risk - Feb. 11
� Brief: Vt. hospitals won't bill for some "never events" - Feb. 11
� ED wait times increasing, even for AMIs, other emergent cases - Feb. 4
� HHS shuts down Michigan patient safety study - Feb. 4
� Court allows suit against doctor over drug effects - Feb. 4
� Brief: Study outlines potential expansion of Ga. medical school - Feb. 4
� Brief: Study says contracts best solution to avoid liability squabbles - Feb. 4
� Brief: Opioid use in EDs grows, but disparities persist - Feb. 4
� Research in hospice possible, even helpful - Feb. 4

January

� Study ties hospitalist care to shorter patient stays - Jan. 28
� Doctors use placebos but don't tell patients - Jan. 28
� Economists' study says paying for organs would cut wait lists - Jan. 28
� Feature: Willing, but waiting: Hospital ethics committees - Jan. 28
� Brief: Doctors get checks from medical liability relief fund - Jan. 28
� Who stays in-state after training? - Jan. 28
� Flood of new medical schools filling accreditation pipeline - Jan. 21
� New ACOG position on abortion refusal drawing fire - Jan. 21
� Call these doctors by their calling - Jan. 21
� California court rules against insurer over policy cancellations - Jan. 21
� Brief: Maine data restriction law blocked - Jan. 21
� Brief: ACP to evaluate medical home model - Jan. 21
� Aerospace medicine gearing up for tourists in space - Jan. 14
� Med schools adjusting to millennial students - Jan. 14
� California medical schools tailor programs for diverse populations - Jan. 14
� California law extends whistle-blower protections - Jan. 14
� Pfizer donates "Great Moments in Medicine" art series to Michigan medical school - Jan. 14
� Brief: Ohio medical school receives $5.7 million gift - Jan. 14
� Brief: Study analyzes comfort with spiritual concerns - Jan. 14
� No pay for "never event" errors becoming standard - Jan. 7
� Doctor to oversee hospital experience - Jan. 7
� CT scans implicated in 2% of cancers - Jan. 7
� Brief: New medical schools considered in Mich. - Jan. 7
� Brief: Internists' board retools its Web site - Jan. 7
� Brief: Dr. Wennberg receives Codman Award - Jan. 7
� Brief: D.C. aims to license pharma reps - Jan. 7
� Brief: Political action committee starts new plan - Jan. 7
� Tell patients about gifts? Or just say no? - Jan. 7

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