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Costs associated with medical malpractice added about $55.6 billion to the nation’s total healthcare costs in 2008 — roughly 2.4% of a more than $2.3-trillion tab — and most of that money went to pay for tests, procedures, and treatments associated with defensive medicine, according to an analysis by Harvard researchers. The estimate by a research team that included Atul A. Gawande,...

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Costs associated with medical malpractice added about $55.6 billion to the nation’s total healthcare costs in 2008 — roughly 2.4% of a more than $2.3-trillion tab — and most of that money went to pay for tests, procedures, and treatments associated with defensive medicine, according to an analysis by Harvard researchers. The estimate by a research team that included Atul A. Gawande,...

Rekindling the debate over medical malpractice: A group of researchers this week estimated that the annual cost related to medical liability is $55.6 billion — or 2.4 percent of the nation’s healthcare spending.  The figure includes payouts to patients who sue for malpractice; costs racked up as doctors practice defensive medicine to avoid lawsuits; administrative costs, including lawyer fees;...

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. The project was showcased at the Southeastern Green Building Focus Conference & Expo in Birmingham August 24-26. The South Tower is a large addition to a rural but growing medical campus. Program highlights included a new lobby, chapel, 85 private patient rooms, 16 intensive care rooms, a new clinical lab, central sterile, and parking deck with an elevated, enclosed pedestrian connector….

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