A growing number of physicians across the nation are requiring their patients to agree that they will not post negative statements about them on the Internet.  Medical Justice, founded by Dr. Jeffrey Segal, which has some 2000 members at this time, prescribes this waiver as a method of protecting their practices against false allegation.  The [...]

Senator Edward Kennedy has been holding closed-door meetings to discuss possible solutions to the healthcare situation for several months now.  Amongst participants are leading individuals in the insurance industry, politicians, etc. — everyone and everyone it would take to resolve the need for lower medical costs and universal insurance.    Speaking on condition of anonymity, word [...]

Medical Liability Monitor, which conducts an annual survey, recently announced that physician’s malpractice rates were lower 43% percent of the time. An additional 49.8% remained stable from 2007-2008. Merely 7.4% of the doctors surveyed reported any increase, and the overwhelming majority of those increases were very small, less than 10%. Needless to say, this is [...]

Washington State University and NexCore Group of Denver have signed a letter of intent for healthcare real estate development of the Pine Street Project at the Riverpoint Campus, the subject of a request for proposals the university published in late March 2008. Arthritis Northwest, PLLC has been identified as the flagship tenant for the building [...]

President-Elect Obama’s transition team put out a broad emailing, inviting people to hold meetings within their community, to talk about their problems and concerns, and to brainstorm solutions to their current situations and circumstances. This unprecedented action is being spearheaded by Senator Tom Daschle, who has been designated as the Secretary of Healthcare Reform for [...]