Medical Malpractice

• Caps don't Work

  Jeremy Thurman | February 09, 2007 12:14 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  Now, to discussing caps I submit the following which is more of those darn facts and empirical evidence that keeps just getting in the way of people such as our Republican leader in the Senate and frankly Oklahoma state republican party:Physicians say caps on non-economic damages will lower malpractice premiums. The two largest insurers of doctors in the country stated before Congress and state...

• Doctor's crusade against hospital errors

  Jeremy Thurman | February 08, 2007 9:23 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  I just read an article on CBS news regarding hospital safety and about a brave Doctor Berwick who runs the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/06/eveningnews/main2440767.shtmlPer the article, he is essentially trying to make hospitals safer for patients. In this article, Berwick estimates that for every 100 patients admitted to hospitals, there are 40...

• Texas Plus Tort Reform - Oklahoma's Deception

  Jeremy Thurman | February 07, 2007 2:50 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  For some of our illustrious legislatures in Oklahoma that are beating the drums of war over tort reform, I have to ask why? What evidence do you have to remotely suggest there is a medical malpractice or lawsuit crisis occurring in Oklahoma?Shall I dare say that the reason they do not provide evidence is that none exists. Or shall I dare say that it appears that the insurance industry and...

• Oklahoma Supreme Court takes on Tort Reform Lies

  Noble McIntyre | December 28, 2006 1:52 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  The Oklahoma Supreme Court finally weighed in on tort reform a few weeks ago by addressing the constitutionality of merit letters required under 2003 tort reform. If you do not know, thecourt ruled as unconstitutional a provision of a 2003 tort reform law that required someone suing a medical professional to get an expert in the field, usually a doctor, to say in an affidavit that the lawsuit...

• Preventative Medicine

  Noble McIntyre | October 31, 2006 2:46 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  Its election time folks and once again we are hearing the reverberations of the myth known as tort reform echo through the state. Without broaching the utter myth and lies associated with those promoting tort reform, I thought I would delve into one specific area in which doctors and those promoting such reforms like to use as a talking point. That issue is the fact that doctors feel they have...

• The Big Lie

  Noble McIntyre | September 25, 2006 4:11 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  As I embark on my first blog, I want to address the issue that is constantly in the forefront of the political landscape of Oklahoma. Whether you call it tort reform, legal reform, or more appropriately lies for fund raising reform, politicians in Oklahoma have emblazoned the public with inaccurate, false, and deliberately misleading statements. So what is the truth? Politicians are...

• Debunking the Medical Malpractice Myth

  Staff Writer | July 12, 2006 8:56 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  Subtitled Forget Tort Reform. The Democrats Have a Better Diagnosis, Ezra Klein's Slate.com article examines the so-called medical malpractice crisis facing America today. Taking a closer look at studies and Tom Baker's book, The Medical Malpractice Myth, Klein comes to the conclusion that tort reform is not the answer; reducing the number of medical errors is. Dr. David Studdert led a team of...