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Malpractice Verdicts Often Favor Physicians

Physicians come out on the winning end of 80% of malpractice claims that end in jury verdicts, according to researchers at Massachusetts General Hos...

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Archive > March, 2005 Vol. VI, No. 3

How We Nearly Quadrupled Our Pain Procedures

Tips for staffing, streamlining and billing to increase productivity and efficiency.

Brent Ashby

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