How a Kansas doctor’s complaints took down a national public database

An investigation by ProPublica showed how one doctor through his complaints was able to remove a medical malpractice database from public access. A Kansas doctor with a history of malpractice suits  was able to enlist the American Medical Association and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to protect his privacy interests after a reporter [...]

Challenge mounted to removal of public database of doctor discipline and malpractice

Newspaper associations and public interest groups are protesting a move by the Obama administration to withhold a data bank created by Congress in 1986 to assist hospitals and state licensing boards to check doctor’s records for discipline and malpractice. The records had been useful in creating laws to protect the public as reported by Blythe [...]

Los Angeles County supervisors seek doctor peer review records

L.A. County supervisors are seeking doctors’ peer review documents to monitor patient safety and improve their ability to settle malpractice claims. -db Los Angeles Times August 28, 2010 By Molly Hennessy-Fiske In a fight that could have wide-ranging implications, Los Angeles County supervisors are pushing to see confidential medical records used by county doctors to evaluate [...]

Court rules anti-SLAPP law not a defense for law firm sued for malpractice

A California appeals court ruled that a law firm could not defend itself in a malpractice suit citing California’s anti-SLAPP laws since the client’s focus was on their attorney’s quality of performance rather than their speech and petitioning activities. -DB Metropolitan News-Enterprise December 3, 2009 By Kenneth Ofgang The anti-SLAPP statute does not protect a [...]