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Obama and Romney surprisingly similar on health care
With Mitt Romney essentially assured the Republican nomination for president, the time has arrived to compare his (supposedly) differing viewpoints on health reform with President Barack Obama's. As many commentators and policy analysts have recognized,...
Tags: Medicaid, Hospitals and Clinics, Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Labor Legislation
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Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Wednesday
WEATHER
Today's forecast calls for cloudy skies and a high around 54 degrees. The low temperature is expected to be around 42 degrees tonight.
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Explore Howard: Parents of student...Tags: Indianapolis Colts, Dining and Drinking, Bars and Clubs, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Dundalk
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Parents of student who died after dental surgery sue for malpractice
The parents of a Woodstock teen who died 10 days after losing oxygen during a routine wisdom tooth surgery March 28 in Columbia are suing the anesthesiologist and the oral surgeon involved for medical malpractice, according to court records filed Nov. 30....Tags: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospitals and Clinics, Howard County, Swelling, Bradycardia
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Do doctors lie to patients?
Do you think your doctor is open and honest with you? Maybe not always, according to a new survey. Researchers from Harvard Medical School and the Mongan Institute for Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston surveyed 1,891 physicians...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Hospitals and Clinics, Harvard Medical School, General Practitioners, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Malpractice lawyer recommendations come from unlikely source: hospitals
After Ada George's thyroid treatment went wrong last summer, leaving the 57-year-old mother of three brain-damaged and comatose, officials from Good Samaritan Hospital approached her family twice to apologize and offer compensation, which the Georges...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Injuries and Wounds, Hospitals and Clinics, Litigation and Regulation, Values
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Law firm loses hard drive with patient records
A Baltimore law firm lost a portable hard drive containing information about its cases, including medical records for 161 stent patients suing cardiologist Dr. Mark G. Midei, a firm client, for alleged malpractice at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson....Tags: St. Joseph Medical Center, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals, Trials, Personal Data Collection
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Lawyer's office loses hard drive with patient information: Naughty Business of the Week
The 161 patients of Dr. Mark G. Midei who are party to a malpractice suit against the cardiologist may have had their personal information compromised as a result of the security practices of a Baltimore law firm, reports Tricia Bishop.
According to the...Tags: Lawyers, Business Enterprises, Theft, Human Mishaps, Personal Data Collection
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Audit criticizes state medical board for backlog of complaints
The state Board of Physicians has a serious backlog of complaints and a growing timeline for resolving it, according to a newly released legislative audit of the agency charged with protecting the public from bad doctors.
It also isn't keeping complete...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Mark G. Midei, Health and Medical Professionals, Accounting and Auditing, Autism
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Sun exclusive: Officials broaden stent investigation
State health officials investigating claims that a Towson cardiologist performed hundreds of unnecessary medical procedures have identified other doctors in Maryland with similarly questionable practices, The Baltimore Sun has learned. Several...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Drugs and Medicines, Facebook, Medical Research, Health and Medical Professionals
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Towson cardiologist faces professional charges
The regulatory board responsible for licensing doctors in Maryland has filed administrative charges against a Towson cardiologist accused of performing hundreds of unnecessary procedures, beginning a process that could strip him of the authority to...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals, U.S. Senate, FBI, Laws
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Hospital lawyers fight claims of unnecessary stents
St. Joseph Medical Center has repeatedly said it wants to do right by its coronary stent patients. After a complaint last year that star cardiologist Mark Midei was placing stents in the arteries of patients who didn't need them, the Towson hospital...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Procedures and Tests, Arbitration, Defendants, Health and Medical Professionals
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Lawyer alleges negligence, fraud at St. Joseph Medical Center
An attorney says negotiations with St. Joseph Medical Center over patients who received cardiac stents they might not have needed have collapsed and that he plans to file malpractice claims on behalf of 104 clients.
The lawyer, Jay D. Miller, has...Tags: Towson, St. Joseph Medical Center, Hospitals and Clinics, Fraud, Government Health Care
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