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Doctors’ Workloads Too Heavy to be Safe, Says Survey

January 30, 2013

A group of scientists at Johns Hopkins University has conducted a survey showing that the workloads of almost half of U.S. doctors are too heavy...

January 18, 2013

Based upon two measures of quality of care in the nation's hospitals, those in Connecticut were ranked second to last. The ratings were determined by...

December 28, 2012

According to a new study, surgeons make a surprisingly large amount of dangerous and careless mistakes such as leaving a scalpel inside a patient during...

December 10, 2012

Hospital readmission rates and adverse drug reactions after a patient is discharged from the hospital are significant problems, according to Yale-New Haven physician researcher Dr....

November 27, 2012

Connecticut rates number two among states in the country with the highest predicted medical liability payments in surgery cases performed by physicians or medical residents....

September 21, 2012

Cerebral palsy and Erb's palsy are two forms of birth defects that may be caused by medical malpractice. Mistakes made before, during or shortly after...

July 24, 2012

A multi-million-dollar lawsuit has been filed by a Greenwich woman against the Tully Health Center and its emergency room medical contractor, according to Greenwich Time...

June 21, 2012

Results from an analysis of millions of medical records of Americans in HMO plans showed that the number of CTs, MRIs and other diagnostic scans...

June 7, 2012

A New Haven bus driver filed a $2 million federal malpractice lawsuit against the Yale-New Haven hospital, alleging that the facility's professionals did not appropriately...

March 30, 2012

Despite opposition from the medical community, state law makers say they are going forward with legislation they believe will be positive for Connecticut's medical malpractice...