Hospital expenses continue to explode and are headed toward a trillion dollars in 2008, according to the federal Agency for Healthcare Research. As the chart shows, cardiac-related disorders are largely driving the rise in expenses.
A 10% decline in lawsuits is likely attributable to two significant changes in the state's medical malpractice rules.
A surgeon mistakenly removed the wrong kidney from a 76-year-old patient at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City.
A Brooklyn woman with a missed lung cancer diagnosis was unable to file a malpractice suit under New York state's statute of limitations.
