On the pneumonia severity index

We have had excellent information on the pneumonia severity index in the past. This report re-emphasizes its usefulness. Tool Accurately Assesses Pneumonia Severity. If you want to use the index online, go here – Pneumonia Severity Index Calculator

Texas docs fight against malpractice

In Texas, Hire a Lawyer, Forget About a Doctor?

For months, an obscure Texas company run by doctors has been operating a Web site, DoctorsKnow Us.com, that compiles and posts the names of plaintiffs, their lawyers and expert witnesses in malpractice lawsuits in Texas and beyond, regardless of the merit of the claim.

“You may use the service to assess the risk of offering your services to clients or potential clients,” the Web site says.

For fees listed as low as $4.95 a month for the first 250 searches and thereafter 2 cents a search, subscribers are invited to search the database “one person at a time or monitor any sized group of individuals for litigious conduct.” They can also add names to the database “from official and unofficial public records.” Whether that could include a doctor’s own files is not clear.

“They can sue but they can’t hide,” says the Web site.

So I ask, is this strategy akin doing a credit check, or is this an excuse to deny service. Some malpractice suits are legit.

I understand this strategy, but I do not think that I can personally endorse it. What do you think?