Jon McKenna DISCLOSURES Just over half of US physicians have been named in a medical malpractice lawsuit, and just over half of those doctors have been defendants multiple times. Plaintiffs most often seem to go after general surgeons, ob/gyns, and orthopedists. Around 31% of physicians pay $20,000 or more for annual malpractice premiums, and 41%...
by Fred Schulte and Holly K. Hacker, KFF Health News Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainLiving with diabetes, Carlton “PeeWee” Gautney Jr. relied on a digital device about the size of a deck of playing cards to pump insulin into his bloodstream. The pump, manufactured by device maker Medtronic, connected plastic tubing to an insulin reservoir, which...
