Category Archives: Illinois

Illinois Physician Database Now Online

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Katie

Side Note: Illinois patients now have another way to research their physicians. Similar to a database that was taken offline last year, a new searchable online database was launched Wednesday, October 19 called, Physician Profile. Included in the database are … Continue reading →

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Florida Supreme Court to Rule on Medical Malpractice Cap

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Mike Matray

side note: Word on the street is that the cap on non-economic damages in Florida is likely to be overturned. What’s been going on in Florida is simialr to what happened two years ago in Illinois. Medical malpractice insurance rates … Continue reading →

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Illinois Cracks Down on Doctors Convicted of Crimes Against Patients

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Mike Matray

side note: This is the Illinois story that keeps on giving. Last year, the Chicago Tribune did an investigative article where it was discovered an appalling number of Illinois doctors practicing with convictions on their record for sex crimes or … Continue reading →

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Illinois Supreme Court Considers Pattern Jury Instruction for Medical Malpractice Cases

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Mike Matray

side note: Could this be a judicial “make good”? After neutering the majority of Illinois’ medical malpractice tort reforms when it deemed the state’s cap on non-economic damages unconstitutional two years ago, Illinois’ highest court more clearly defined the role … Continue reading →

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Is Illinois a Medical Malpractice Hell Hole?

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Bob

Side note: It is according to the annual American Tort Reform Association’s “Judicial Hellholes” report. Cook county is listed as the number 5 worst county in the country while St. Clair and Madison counties made the “watch list”; Cook county … Continue reading →

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Illinois Professionals Health Program now Monitoring Doctors with Sexual Misconduct Allegations

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Bob

Side note: The Illinois Professionals Health Program, the same organization that has drawn criticism for it lack of transparency while monitoring health professionals with records of substance abuse, has been made responsible for the monitoring of doctors with a history … Continue reading →

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Toxic Medical Malpractice Insurance Environment Driving away Doctors

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Bob

Side note: The “toxic” medical malpractice environment in Illinois is driving away doctors. This fact is supported by a recent study conducted by Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Half of the students graduating from the state’s medical schools plan … Continue reading →

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Kankakee County: Medical malpractice ruling stirs discord

Posted on September 2, 2010 by admin

side note: The unpopular reversal of the Illinois medical malpractice reform law has become a hot topic in the upcoming, Nov. 2, Supreme Court retention elections. The Illinois Lawsuit Abuse Watch has parked a billboard truck in front Kankakee County … Continue reading →

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More victims of the Illinois Supreme Court decison

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Mike

side note: The online physician profiles/report cards so popular with the Illinois patient populations are removed in response to state supreme court decision. In years past, you chose a doctor or hospital based many times on, well, not all that … Continue reading →

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Medical malpractice a likely campaign issue for Illinois Supreme Court justice

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Mike

side note: When tort reform is as large a topic as it is in Illinois, there is no surprise that the subject is dictating politics and the law. SPRINGFIELD — Thomas Kilbride has made a host of decisions while serving … Continue reading →

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