No Pay Hike for Negligent Health Officials
Health officials in Rajasthan would now be denied salary increments if they fail to check the spread of seasonal diseases.// If an official is found neglecting his duties and is unable to curb diseases like malaria, his increments could be cut up to a period of three years, said a notificatio...Business Insurance Now Offers Professional Liability Insurance for Allied Health Care Providers
...nsurance protects an allied health care provider, or his or her company, against the financial devastation that comes from being charged with either a negligent act or failure to perform professional duties. Professional liability insurance generally covers claims alleging errors and omissions, negligence, o...Was SIDS the cause of infant deaths even 150 years ago?
...ly healthy baby during night-time sleep would have been rationalized as accidental smothering or overlaying. Lawmakers attributed smothering deaths to negligent caretakers and characterized infant-adult bedsharing practices as proof of parental incompetence. Dr. Kemkes investigated whether 19th century infa...Groups to Congress: Don't Sacrifice Patient Safety to Lower Health Costs
... Reform Should Reduce Medical Errors, Not Immunize negligent Providers for Mistakes that Maim and Kill Innocent...th reform legislation, not limits on liability for negligent medical providers, as a means to both save lives a...ice damage caps, and other limits on liability for negligent health care providers, have locked injured patient...Bionovo Announces Arbitration Decision in Lawsuit Filed by Former Officer - All Claims Denied
... Cohen and Mary Tagliaferri. The decision was in reference to a suit filed by former Chief Financial Officer James P. Stapleton, alleging fraud, negligent misrepresentation and breach of oral contract stemming from Mr. Stapleton's separation from Bionovo. The binding arbitration took place on May 11 and ...Study finds homicidal poisoning rising, more likely in infants and elderly
...tims than the general population, the study found. Shepherd said that rather than being premeditated acts, the majority of these poisonings are likely negligent homicides committed by parents or caretakers. "Anyone who has been a new parent knows about the long hours and the stress of an inconsolable child,...Negligent, attentive mouse mothers show biological differences
...ut of every five females failing to care for her offspring. By comparing the good mothers to their less attentive relatives, the group has found that negligent parenting seems to have both genetic and non-genetic influences, and may be linked to dysregulation of the brain signaling chemical dopamine. As a ...