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December

� Iowa Supreme Court throws out case after doctor's credentialing file is used in trial - Dec. 28
� Med schools promote training that lets students follow individual patients - Dec. 26
� Physicians earn nearly perfect ratings from most patients - Dec. 26
� Supreme Court hears case involving medical record disclosure - Dec. 26
� Residency Match revamps placement of students not selected initially - Dec. 26
� Brief: University of Pittsburgh center to target health disparities - Dec. 26
� Brief: Hospital mandate raises flu-vaccination rate - Dec. 26
� One-third of patients don't follow up in month after hospital discharge - Dec. 22
� Nearly 90% of physicians feel stressed every day, report says - Dec. 20
� Multimedia: Keeping physicians in state - Dec. 19
� Doctors reluctant to tell parents their child is overweight - Dec. 19
� Appeals court OKs payments to marrow donors - Dec. 19
� Brief: Illinois to provide more transparency of physician discipline - Dec. 19
� Brief: Video surveillance improves hand hygiene - Dec. 19
� How states are keeping doctors from moving out - Dec. 19
� Changes in medical device information pose lawsuit risks for doctors - Dec. 19
� Brain scans yield clues to physician decision-making - Dec. 14
� Law enforcement can access data bank without doctors' knowledge - Dec. 13
� Most physicians succeed in substance abuse programs, study says - Dec. 12
� Proposal on access to lab tests should be revised, doctors say - Dec. 12
� Feature: Doctors' legal remedies can defeat online attacks - Dec. 12
� Brief: Wisconsin explores options to stem physician shortages - Dec. 12
� Brief: Drug compliance not much higher when patients pay nothing - Dec. 12
� Holiday gifts from patients: When do they spell trouble? - Dec. 12
� Medical liability suits can mean depression, suicidal ideation for doctors - Dec. 7
� Can a computer program teach patient empathy? - Dec. 6
� Medical school's partnership with 5 hospitals aims to ease physician shortages - Dec. 5
� More medical schools face LCME sanctions after deviating from standards - Dec. 5
� Brief: HHS offers conditional public access to data bank records - Dec. 5
� Brief: Disparities seen in diverticulitis care between blacks and whites - Dec. 5
� Sex education discussions should start early and continue for young patients - Dec. 5
� Michigan and Missouri high courts to hear challenges to noneconomic damages caps - Dec. 2

November

� Iowa nurses not trained to oversee fluoroscopy, judge rules - Nov. 30
� Story Comment: Delegates back state flexibility on uninsured - Nov. 28
� Story Comment: Training, EMR tracking can slash risk of radiation overdoses - Nov. 28
� Story Comment: Safety cited in new scope-of-practice policies - Nov. 28
� Story Comment: More help sought to fight opioid abuse - Nov. 28
� Story Comment: Doctors seek role on insurance exchanges - Nov. 28
� Story Comment: AMA hoping to stop ICD-10 use in billing - Nov. 28
� Patient-rating websites top Google searches for best doctors - Nov. 28
� Feature: How practices can make room for mobility - Nov. 28
� Brief: Better pain management needed for cancer patients, study says - Nov. 28
� Brief: Social media use poses professional risks for doctors - Nov. 28
� Story Comment: AMA delegates detail steps to confront national drug shortage emergency - Nov. 28
� Physicians, theologians examine faith and medical practice - Nov. 22
� How learning to cook is helping doctors give nutritional advice - Nov. 21
� Report finds $45 billion economic contribution from publicly funded medical research - Nov. 21
� IOM calls for monitoring and probe of health IT hazards - Nov. 21
� Brief: Organizations respond to OSHA's decision not to oversee resident work hours - Nov. 21
� Brief: Stockings ruled out in fight against deadly blood clots - Nov. 21
� Illinois case poses risk of peer review data going public - Nov. 21
� Judge halts graphic warnings on cigarette packages - Nov. 18
� AMA helping physicians broach the subject of obesity - Nov. 16
� Communication failures over diagnostic tests prompting more lawsuits - Nov. 15
� Story Comment: AMA announces App Challenge winners - Nov. 14
� ABMS to make physician maintenance-of-certification status public - Nov. 14
� Critics rap delay in doctor-payment reporting rules - Nov. 14
� Feature: When the office visit is a family matter - Nov. 14
� Brief: $34 million goes to battle hospital infections - Nov. 14
� Brief: Millions live in designated medical shortage areas - Nov. 14
� Physicians struggle to treat pain amid opioid overdose crisis - Nov. 14
� Story Comment: Medicare physician pay cut must be stopped now, AMA president tells doctors - Nov. 12
� Only 1 in 10 physicians asks patients what they expect from care - Nov. 11
� Indiana doctors face challenge to medical liability cap - Nov. 9
� Medical school applications reach new high - Nov. 7
� Using unclaimed bodies for dissection draws outcry - Nov. 7
� Social media increasingly used to gauge public health - Nov. 7
� Brief: U.S. health system treads water in international comparison - Nov. 7
� Brief: Ghostwriting at top journals falls 31% - Nov. 7
� Comprehensive approach helps patients get a good night's sleep - Nov. 7
� Detailed disclosures would clarify financial links between doctors and industry - Nov. 4
� Medical liability concerns drive hospital admission decisions - Nov. 2

October

� Texas tort reform advocates dispute critical report - Oct. 31
� Stanford cuts liability premiums with cash offers after errors - Oct. 31
� Feature: Medical liability: Cutting costs from the bench - Oct. 31
� Brief: Illinois physician profile database back online - Oct. 31
� Brief: Hospitals meeting most CDC infection-prevention goals - Oct. 31
� Lawsuit can be amended after deadline to include wrongful death - Oct. 26
� Many writers of diabetes, cholesterol guidelines have conflicts of interest - Oct. 25
� CMS incentive plan could worsen care disparities, study finds - Oct. 24
� Gap on guideline use between HMOs and PPOs narrows - Oct. 24
� Brief: Site helps patients take more active communication role - Oct. 24
� Brief: Pennsylvania hospitals reduce infections - Oct. 24
� What should doctors do when ill caregivers can't perform their duties? - Oct. 24
� Heeding advice on primary care "don'ts" would save $6.7 billion annually - Oct. 19
� Male circumcision ban defeated; health benefits lauded - Oct. 18
� Hospital-based palliative care rises 19% - Oct. 17
� Liability premiums hold steady, but state disparities linger - Oct. 17
� Bans help curb abuse of bath salts, officials say - Oct. 17
� Brief: Joint Commission requires catheter-related UTI prevention measures - Oct. 17
� Brief: 2 American doctors win Nobel for immunology work - Oct. 17
� States try more aggressive Rx opioid controls - Oct. 17
� Physician shortage in Massachusetts continues to squeeze primary care - Oct. 12
� Fear of lawsuits, little time with patients lead to more aggressive care - Oct. 10
� Hospitals make almost no headway in cutting readmissions - Oct. 10
� Brief: National Quality Forum unveils quality-measure search engine - Oct. 10
� Brief: Study details care of dementia patients near death - Oct. 10
� Open communication valuable in weighing alternative medicine requests - Oct. 10
� Demand drives more hospitals to offer alternative therapies - Oct. 4
� HHS wants to give patients test results straight from lab - Oct. 3
� California neurologist wins MacArthur award - Oct. 3
� Explaining residents' role in surgery may keep patients from consenting - Oct. 3
� Feature: Tactics to improve drug compliance - Oct. 3
� Brief: Flu vaccinations for health workers prevent outbreaks, study finds - Oct. 3
� Brief: Readmission rate could mislead as quality indicator, hospitals say - Oct. 3

September

� Drug poisonings send 22% more young children to EDs over 7 years - Sept. 30
� Part-time surgeons would help ease shortage - Sept. 28
� Lasker award honors discovery of cell-protein folding - Sept. 27
� California's noneconomic damages cap upheld - Sept. 26
� HHS removes public access to National Practitioner Data Bank - Sept. 26
� Brief: Panel deems 1940s U.S. experiments in Guatemala "unconscionable" - Sept. 26
� Brief: Hospitals improve on Joint Commission metrics - Sept. 26
� Third-party cases pose liability risks to doctors - Sept. 26
� AMA group sets new framework for patient outcome measures - Sept. 19
� New Jersey doctors must disclose specialty in medical liability suits - Sept. 19
� Feature: Miracle vs. medicine: When faith puts care at risk - Sept. 19
� Brief: Higher surgical volume means fewer complications - Sept. 19
� Brief: Cancer care standards push patient support - Sept. 19
� Face transplants starting to gain acceptance - Sept. 19
� Feature: Miracle vs. medicine: When faith puts care at risk - Sept. 19
� Only 1 in 7 ob-gyns performs abortions - Sept. 16
� Michigan appeals court upholds statute of limitations in liability case - Sept. 14
� As CME funding shifts from industry, others foot the bill - Sept. 12
� Temporary health workers double risk of harmful drug mix-ups - Sept. 12
� Medical liability litigant can't sue separately for lost medical records - Sept. 12
� Brief: Number of female physicians up 430% since 1980 - Sept. 12
� Brief: Using checklists saves $1.1 million a year per hospital - Sept. 12
� Medical error calls for honest disclosure - Sept. 12
� U.S. still faces public health preparedness gaps 10 years after 9/11 - Sept. 9
� Texas certificate-of-merit law ruled constitutional - Sept. 7
� Elected coroners report fewer suicides than appointed counterparts - Sept. 6
� Feature: LGBT patients: Reluctant and underserved - Sept. 5
� NQF endorses pediatric quality measures - Sept. 5
� HHS bolsters scrutiny of researchers' drug industry ties - Sept. 5
� Brief: HHS launches lifeline app challenge - Sept. 5
� Brief: Hospital mass layoffs inch up slightly - Sept. 5
� Too few health professionals getting flu shots - Sept. 5

August

� Informal peer review records shielded from medical liability plaintiffs - Aug. 31
� Training helps surgical residents improve some communication skills - Aug. 30
� Most doctors face lawsuits, but few lose them - Aug. 29
� Criminal convictions and discipline of Illinois doctors returning online - Aug. 29
� Brief: Spanish-language guides explain treatment options - Aug. 29
� Brief: Evidence sparse on bladder-cancer screening accuracy - Aug. 29
� Hospital can be sued in man's alleged attack on another patient - Aug. 29
� Hospital can be sued in man's alleged attack on another patient - Aug. 29
� Greater awareness of practice guidelines helps reduce unrecommended tests - Aug. 24
� Med school's inaugural class trained as EMTs - Aug. 22
� Mississippi tort reforms lead to reduction in lawsuits - Aug. 22
� High-tech solutions add to success of checklists in cutting bloodstream infections - Aug. 22
� Brief: North Carolina considers compensating eugenics victims - Aug. 22
� Brief: California slow to discipline physicians - Aug. 22
� High-tech solutions add to success of checklists in cutting bloodstream infections - Aug. 22
� CT scans rise fourfold in EDs, but hospitalizations fall by half - Aug. 19
� Illinois law prohibits sex offenders from practicing medicine - Aug. 17
� Feature: Revealing their medical errors: Why three doctors went public - Aug. 15
� National groups unite to target health disparities - Aug. 15
� Indiana court: New claims can't be added to lawsuits after review - Aug. 15
� Brief: Vermont issues "bath salts" chemicals ban - Aug. 15
� Brief: Three in four physicians accept drug samples - Aug. 15
� HHS cutting red tape to speed clinical trials - Aug. 15
� Feature: Revealing their medical errors: Why three doctors went public - Aug. 15
� Eli Lilly reports $48 million in first-quarter physician payments - Aug. 12
� Rules outline how Kentucky optometrists could perform surgeries - Aug. 9
� Med schools seek right fit for rural practice - Aug. 8
� More than half of liability claims in Massachusetts end up being dropped - Aug. 8
� Caregiving takes toll on 42 million Americans - Aug. 8
� Brief: High court will not hear medical resident's lawsuit - Aug. 8
� Brief: Patient "coaches" slash hospital readmissions by 36% - Aug. 8
� Rated negatively online? What�s a physician to do? - Aug. 8
� Study casts doubt on effectiveness of hospitalist care - Aug. 5
� Informed-consent documents called too long and complex - Aug. 3
� Brain-damaged girl's parents can sue hospital and doctor, Florida court rules - Aug. 1
� Call for civility aims to stop disruptive behavior in the OR - Aug. 1
� Feature: Expert witnesses on trial - Aug. 1
� Brief: Missouri legislation targets physician discipline - Aug. 1
� Brief: Insured patients have trouble getting psychiatric care - Aug. 1
� Mounting drug shortages delaying treatment - Aug. 1
� Feature: Expert witnesses on trial - Aug. 1

July

� Work-hour numbers linked to career satisfaction - July 29
� Shortage of physicians, APNs and PAs could double by 2025 - July 27
� Exhibit channels emotional -- and orthopedic -- wounds of war - July 25
� Adapting JAMA for tomorrow's physician readers: An interview with Howard C. Bauchner, MD - July 25
� Brief: New California medical school opening postponed - July 25
� Brief: Palliative care increasing in hospitals - July 25
� Foreign-trained health professionals put on path to practice in U.S. - July 25
� Conversation first step to ending racial bias among physicians - July 25
� Autism study downplays genetics as primary cause - July 22
� Checklists more effective when physicians are prompted to use them - July 19
� Feature: When doctors and patients have the same disease - July 18
� In season of storms, physicians rise to occasion - July 18
� California Hospital Assn. seeks to bar infection-reporting law - July 18
� Wrong-site surgeries risk reduced during pilot project - July 18
� Brief: Joint Commission offers palliative care certification - July 18
� Brief: Hospital fall prevention programs ineffective, review says - July 18
� Research confirms "July effect" on patient deaths - July 15
� Grants to bolster local quality improvement efforts - July 13
� Residency programs scramble to adopt changes - July 11
� Anonymous posts: Liberating or unprofessional? - July 11
� California patients can sue if personal data are released during billing disputes - July 11
� Funding for pediatric residencies remains in doubt - July 11
� Brief: Hospitalizations for sepsis, septicemia increase twofold - July 11
� Brief: Enrollment rising at osteopathic medical colleges - July 11
� Chronic pain costs U.S. $635 billion a year - July 8
� Most physicians don't see PAs as major liability risks - July 6
� News Delegates ask AMA council how to just say no to patients - July 4
� News AMA to draft model legislation on information exchanges - July 4
� News AMA selects president-elect, board members - July 4
� News AMA house endorses national ban on "bath salts" synthetic drug - July 4
� News AMA backs challenge of "don't ask" gun law - July 4
� News AMA delegates reaffirm key reform policy but target parts of law for change - July 4
� Feature: HIV in primary care: Treating an aging epidemic - July 4
� News New AMA policies target certification and licensure - July 4
� News Making transition to combat zone can be surreal, AMA delegates learn - July 4
� News Ethics essential in writing practice guidelines, AMA house decides - July 4
� News AMA toughens stance on retail health clinics - July 4
� News AMA supports tighter restrictions on products containing BPA - July 4
� News AMA house seeks repeal of OTC drug-spending rule - July 4
� News AMA delegates vote to keep conflicts out of CME - July 4
� News AMA delegates call for price parity in fast-food options - July 4
� Reports to FDA drug ad watchdog triple - July 4
� West Virginia high court upholds noneconomic damages cap - July 4
� Brief: Pennsylvania physicians seek better access to controlled substance database - July 4
� Brief: Medical school enrollment growth on track, AAMC says - July 4
� News Insurers mishandle 1 in 5 claims, AMA finds - July 4
� AMA house endorses national ban on "bath salts" synthetic drug - July 4

June

� Judgment errors rank among top reasons for lawsuits against obstetricians - June 28
� Don't be wary of discussing clinical trials with patients - June 27
� Massachusetts bill would give patients the right to film surgery - June 27
� 4 items added to serious reportable events list - June 27
� Brief: Oregon DMV to ask drivers about organ donation - June 27
� Brief: Patient safety efforts needed in outpatient care, study says - June 27
� California physicians, podiatrists pursue collaboration on education - June 27
� Health disparities persist despite quality improvements - June 21
� News AMA reaffirms policy on health insurance mandates - June 20
� Ohio court ruling may expose doctors to unending lawsuits - June 20
� Dr. Kevorkian leaves mixed medical legacy - June 20
� Brief: More general surgeons needed for rural practice - June 20
� Brief: New N.J. medical school accredited by LCME - June 20
� Communication key to reducing liability claims in patient handoffs - June 20
� News Outgoing AMA president urges doctors to move medicine forward - June 18
� "Frequent-flier" ED users take toll on emergency physicians - June 17
� Surgical liability cases drop nearly 80% at Texas medical center - June 15
� New law lets rural Texas hospitals employ doctors - June 13
� Many physicians routinely witness disruptive behavior in colleagues - June 13
� Feature: End-of-life care: How you can help stressed surrogates - June 13
� Brief: California medical board revokes license of octuplet doctor - June 13
� Quantifying adverse drug events: Med mishaps send millions back for care - June 13
� Feature: End-of-life care: How you can help stressed surrogates - June 13
� Medical board could discipline physicians for torture under N.Y. bill - June 10
� Pennsylvania liability lawsuits down for 6th straight year - June 8
� Michigan law trumps HIPAA in patient privacy case - June 6
� First addiction medicine residencies to begin in July - June 6
� Brief: Dr. Kevorkian dies at 83, leaves assisted-suicide legacy - June 6
� Brief: Rules on compassionate release of inmates sought - June 6
� Brief: Many emergency doctors concerned about being sued - June 6
� Treating friends poses both risks and compromises - June 6
� Panel targets primary care "don'ts" - June 3
� AMA names James L. Madara, MD, as top executive - June 2
� Disclosing medical errors can lower liability lawsuit expenses - June 1

May

� Tele-ICU technology improves patient outcomes, study finds - May 30
� Industry-supported CME offers potential for bias, study says - May 30
� Feature: A lifelong connection to medicine: Incoming president wants to build a better future - May 30
� Brief: N.J. surgery centers cited for safety problems - May 30
� Brief: Patients see board certification as important - May 30
� Donor families join anatomy students at ceremony honoring their loved ones - May 26
� Feeding tube risks for dementia patients often not discussed - May 25
� Joplin tornado sparks call for physician volunteers - May 24
� Ruling a victory for Ohio tort reform measures, physicians say - May 23
� New York bill seeks physician dress code to cut infections - May 23
� Brief: Interest in nephrology dropping among U.S. medical graduates - May 23
� Brief: Black patients on opioids receive more scrutiny than whites, study finds - May 23
� Optometrists seek surgery rights in more states after Kentucky victory - May 23
� Physician must accept insurer's settlement in liability case - May 23
� State boards took fewer disciplinary actions against doctors in 2010 - May 20
� Feature: Life after lawsuit: How doctors pick up the pieces - May 16
� High-deductible health plans' effect same for rich and poor - May 16
� Aetna sues 9 N.J. doctors for "unconscionable" fees - May 16
� Brief: More Connecticut physicians learning cultural awareness - May 16
� Brief: 15% of nursing homes cited for poor infection control - May 16
� Doctors failed to inquire about Gitmo detainees' injuries, study alleges - May 13
� Coalition pushes for safe injection practices - May 11
� Quality of health news reporting found lacking - May 9
� Brief: Washington bans chemicals found in "bath salts" - May 9
� Brief: Institute helps hospitals test drug safety practices - May 9
� States eye public access to more doctor disciplinary records - May 9
� Preparation essential when handling ethical conflicts on the playing field - May 9
� Young doctors find general internal medicine doesn't pay - May 6
� Many paid caregivers lack health literacy skills - May 4
� Health disparities persist despite VA quality improvements - May 3
� Feature: A call for better immigrant care (American College of Physicians annual meeting) - May 2
� Proposed changes would broaden MCAT's scope - May 2
� Brief: Drinking night before impairs surgeon's skills the next day - May 2
� Brief: Michigan becomes 36th "I'm sorry" state - May 2
� Rx side effects causing more hospitalizations - May 2
� Feature: A call for better immigrant care (American College of Physicians annual meeting) - May 2

April

� Doubt cast on effectiveness of universal MRSA screening - April 26
� Hospitals' high-tech tools track who's washing their hands - April 25
� Brief: FDA revamps recall website - April 25
� Brief: Texas sees shortage of mental health professionals - April 25
� Wisconsin high court weighs responsibilities on informed consent - April 25
� Quality metrics seek to slash unneeded CT scans - April 22
� CDC issues guidance on preventing bloodstream infections - April 19
� Feature: Humanizing anatomy: a medical student's first patient - April 18
� Brief: Physicians can use ACPE credits to earn master's degree - April 18
� Brief: Cardiac-device infections expensive and deadly - April 18
� 1 in 3 patients harmed during hospital stay - April 18
� Cherry-picking patients leaves sour taste - April 18
� Health institutions team up to improve care - April 15
� 32% of hospitals ill-equipped for mass-casualty disasters - April 12
� Drug rep data are useful prescribing tools, doctors say - April 11
� Judge tosses lawsuit seeking to bar physician rating program - April 11
� Financial ties to industry widespread on clinical guideline panels - April 11
� Brief: Fewer drug reps mean shorter visits with physicians - April 11
� Brief: Report names top health literacy trouble spots - April 11
� Communicating health risks can be tricky - April 8
� Social media discussion needed during teen checkups - April 5
� Feature: Caps under fire: The fight for medical liability reform - April 4
� U.S. appellate court will hear human gene patents lawsuit - April 4
� Brief: Washington medical school again ranks No. 1 for primary care - April 4
� Brief: Health IT helps cut psychiatric medication mix-ups - April 4
� Surgery delayed as patient appeals competency finding - April 4
� Medical oaths less of a moral compass for physicians - April 1

March

� Physician empathy may mean better patient outcomes - March 30
� Poor communication found between primary care and emergency doctors - March 29
� Primary care residencies up again on Match Day - March 28
� Kidney transplant plan would give preference to younger patients - March 28
� 51 died under Washington's assisted-suicide law in 2010 - March 28
� Brief: Drug reactions send 1.1 million older adults to EDs annually - March 28
� Brief: Hidden recorders will help study physician communications - March 28
� Universal coverage may not eliminate health disparities - March 23
� Finder of lost objects saved lives, left medical legacy - March 21
� Opioid prescribing requires close patient monitoring - March 21
� Brief: Most medical schools give short shrift to health policy - March 21
� Brief: AMA urges patients to double-check medications - March 21
� No easy way to tell which patients may be violent - March 21
� Obstetrics safety initiatives cut medical liability costs by 90% - March 18
� Residency Match sees continued growth in primary care - March 17
� Lawsuit seeks compensation for bone marrow donors - March 15
� U.S. quality improvement steady, but progress on disparities elusive - March 14
� 1 in 3 surrogate decision-makers carries lasting emotional burden - March 14
� Residency directors express widespread concern about new work-hour rules - March 14
� Brief: Complicated prescription regimens confuse patients - March 14
� Brief: Hospice use and end-of-life care costs rise - March 14
� ICU central-line infections drop dramatically nationwide - March 14
� Hospital checklist helps pneumonia rates tumble by 70% - March 11
� JAMA appoints new editor-in-chief - March 10
� Free online CME offered on drug label revisions - March 9
� Top complaint about patients: failure to follow medical advice - March 7
� Feature: Comedic skills for a serious role: Improv class teaches med students to think on their feet - March 7
� Brief: Blood test program for uninsured to end - March 7
� Brief: Michigan trauma centers launch quality project - March 7
� Psychologists seek prescribing rights in 6 states - March 7
� Hospital's exclusive contract passes test - March 7
� Scrubs vs. white coats: equal opportunity bacteria spreaders - March 3
� 35% of orthopedic imaging costs stem from defensive medicine - March 2

February

� AMA board member answers military's call to duty - Feb. 28
� Patient satisfaction high even in doctor shortage areas - Feb. 28
� Brief: Patient safety professionals form group - Feb. 28
� Brief: Montana rejects doctor-assisted suicide rules - Feb. 28
� Doctor faces discipline for shielding patient records in 10-year case - Feb. 24
� Illinois Blues partners with hospitals to reduce readmissions - Feb. 23
� Feature: Doctor-lawyer advocacy: When medicine isn't enough - Feb. 21
� Brief: Physician organizations file appeal in nurse anesthesia case - Feb. 21
� Brief: Sound-alikes, unusual dosages contribute to painkiller mix-ups - Feb. 21
� Physician vaccination a top priority and a duty - Feb. 21
� Physicians rate nearly 18% of patients as "difficult" - Feb. 18
� Expert testimony admissible in wrongful death suit, court rules - Feb. 15
� Texas expands medical liability protections for state-employed doctors - Feb. 14
� Oncologists shouldn't delay frank talk with patients - Feb. 14
� Brief: MRSA screening could save hospitals money - Feb. 14
� Brief: Emergency doctors see many patients, frequent interruptions - Feb. 14
� Costliest hospitals report lowest death rates - Feb. 14
� Medical liability caps face court challenge in Kansas - Feb. 10
� 2 physician-assisted suicide bills face off in Montana - Feb. 9
� Feature: Reducing readmissions: How 3 hospitals found success - Feb. 7
� Brief: Imaging services are part of self-referral law, Maryland appellate court rules - Feb. 7
� Brief: Ohio hospitals save $13 million by cutting infections - Feb. 7
� Credential disclosure sought by bill - Feb. 7
� Hospital accommodated resident with Asperger's - Feb. 7
� Suicidal thoughts plague one in 16 surgeons - Feb. 4
� Hospitals can save $10 million a year with safety measures - Feb. 2

January

� California physicians sue over glaucoma treatment by optometrists - Jan. 31
� Brief: Report: Physician shortage in New York endangers care - Jan. 31
� Brief: Philadelphia doctor charged in abortion-related slayings - Jan. 31
� Referral silence irks specialists, primary care doctors alike - Jan. 31
� Better communication leads to better care - Jan. 31
� Credentialing files are confidential, Michigan appeals court rules - Jan. 25
� Feature: Corrective medical education: CME focused on physician behavior - Jan. 24
� Residents must pay Social Security taxes, top court rules - Jan. 24
� Brief: AAP offers physician re-entry tool kit - Jan. 24
� Brief: 20% of Americans have no regular physician - Jan. 24
� Regaining trust after vaccine threat debunked - Jan. 24
� Arizona rampage highlights barriers to intervention with volatile patients - Jan. 24
� New York City fights to keep graphic tobacco warnings - Jan. 20
� Medical liability premiums steady, but big extremes remain - Jan. 17
� Prescription drug containers may get simpler labels - Jan. 17
� Brief: Online program improves medical residents' business knowledge - Jan. 17
� Brief: BMJ: Study linking vaccines, autism was a fraud - Jan. 17
� Mediation saves time and money in medical liability cases, study says - Jan. 12
� Palliative care researchers tackle whether to stop statins for terminally ill - Jan. 11
� Kidney exchange program makes 1st matches - Jan. 10
� Brief: Women with diabetes, depression have increased death risk - Jan. 10
� Brief: California wait-time rule takes effect - Jan. 10
� Brief: Redirecting anti-tobacco funds constitutional, Ohio high court rules - Jan. 10
� Out-of-network ED costs fuel balance-billing disputes - Jan. 10
� Medical schools get high marks on conflict-of-interest policies - Jan. 4
� AMA webinars demonstrate how quality metrics improve care - Jan. 3
� New duty-hour standards get mixed reception from residents - Jan. 3
� Brief: 6% of women who give birth have diabetes - Jan. 3
� Brief: Massachusetts physicians use patient feedback to refine care - Jan. 3
� Brief: Caffeine consumption common among children, study finds - Jan. 3

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