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Pennsylvania physicians could face more medical negligence cases

If juries can’t hear testimony about known complications, physicians could be liable for injuries even if they did everything right, physicians tell court.

Sustainability
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May 17, 2018: Judicial Advocacy Update

The AMA urges courts to uphold appellate rulings on using "reasonable" layperson considerations, sugary-drink distribution tax and more.

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Unbalanced scales of justice.
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Top court to decide: Should doctors be held to lay standard?

Following that standard would have “cataclysmic consequences,” including more meritless lawsuits, higher costs, physicians say in an amicus brief.

Sustainability
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8 MIN READ

Members Move Medicine: Seeking better path for physicians

AMA member Ronald Vender, MD, professor of medicine and chief medical officer, Yale Medicine, says physicians need the strength and resilience to persevere in their efforts to put patient care first.

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Marilyn J. Heine, MD
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Marilyn J. Heine, MD: The tenacity to improve health care

AMA member Marilyn J. Heine, MD, builds relationships with policymakers to put health system problems on their radar and make those issues real.

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Feb. 22, 2018: National Advocacy Update

ECC Good Samaritan legislation, stakeholder input on opioid abuse and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

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Unbalanced scales of justice.
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5 MIN READ

1 in 3 physicians has been sued; by age 55, 1 in 2 hit with suit

Specialty, age and gender tied to liability risk, says new research. Reforms are needed to fix the liability system that imposes high burdens on U.S. health care.

Sustainability
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AMA studies show continued cost burden of medical liability system

AMA released a series of trend reports in its Policy Research Perspective series illustrating the price Americans pay for the broken medical liability system.

Press Releases
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Dec. 14, 2017: Judicial Advocacy Update

Learn how the AMA provided support for the Kentucky Medical Association amicus brief on a new way to bring liability lawsuits.

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