Consider Your Case Closed

By DailyNurse

A report from the Nurses Service Organization, a division of Aon Affinity, reveals that the... Read More »

Nurse Practitioner Liability Report Reveals Malpractice Claim Costs Are on the Rise

By Kevin Collier

A study by the Ponemon Institute found that cyberattacks against health care facilities have... Read More »

Cyberattacks at U.S. Hospitals Mean Higher Mortality Rates, Study Finds

By Mark Scolforo

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently reversed a 20-year-old rule requiring medical... Read More »

Court Loosens Rules on Where Malpractice Cases Can Be Filed

By Kaci Jones

Striking down a 90-year-old precedent in Byrd v. Marion General Hospital, the North Carolina... Read More »

NC Supreme Court Rules Nurses Can Be Held Legally Liable for Medical Mistakes

By Akilah Johnson

The Biden administration has developed a nearly 70-page plan that sets forth over 50 actions to... Read More »

America Has a Maternal Mortality Crisis. Biden Push Aims to Change That.

By Todd C. Frankel and Lenny Bernstein

A report from the U.S. Senate Finance Committee found that mistakes in transplant organ... Read More »

70 Deaths, Many Wasted Organs Are Blamed on Transplant System Errors

By Bernise Carolino

The California Court of Appeal for the Fifth District recently ruled that a hospital can be held... Read More »

California Court Rules Hospital 'Not Liable' for Doctor It Doesn't Employ

By Noel Eldridge, Yun Wang, Mark Metersky; et al.

Data from the Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System show a downward pattern in... Read More »

Trends in Adverse Event Rates in Hospitalized Patients, 2010-2019

By Lena H. Sun

Hospital "superbug" infections, which declined almost 30% during 2012–2017, made... Read More »

Pandemic Fueled Surge in Superbug Infections and Deaths, CDC Says