Entries Tagged as ‘Hospice and Palliative Care’

June 30, 2009

To Go With Your Cafe Au Lait: The Policy and Practice Podcast

From congressional hearings, press briefings and other health reform goings-on, Washington, D.C.
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooddddddddddddddd Morning, Washington!
OK, it’s mid-morning here, but it’s still morning on the Left Coast.  While ya’ll are enjoying your cafe au lait and beignets and Congress is off home to play, the hard-working staff here at the International Medical News Group has produced yet another [...]

March 2, 2009

PU: Litigation

From a meeting of the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel, Arlington, Va.:
“Pressure ulcer litigation is now the low-hanging fruit,” commented an audience member from New Jersey during a Q & A session.
He cited an example within the past two years of a $400,000 payoff to a family when a malpractice claim was filed against a [...]