Recent Posts in Medical Malpractice Category
Posted on May 16, 2012 By Scott Distasio
In August of 2008, Victoria Upsey went to the hospital to deliver her baby. On her arrival, hospital staff at Pottstown Memorial Medical Center noticed signs of complications, indicating the baby was ...
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Posted on Apr 27, 2012 By Scott Distasio
At the recent medical conference “Avoiding Avoidable Care” held in Cambridge, MA, one panel seemed incongruous with commonly held beliefs about rising medical costs. During the panel, ...
Continue reading "Threat of Malpractice Lawsuits Not The Real Reason for Rising Health Care Costs" »
Posted on Apr 24, 2012 By Scott Distasio
Last October, Veronica Olguin took her three month old daughter Selena to the Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center for a high fever and bronchitis. The baby was admitted and spent three days being ...
Continue reading "Infant's Finger Cut Off By Nurse In Hospital Accident" »
Posted on Mar 19, 2012 By Scott Distasio
In many hospitals, a large number of patients wear cardiac monitors. Hospital officials argue this practice allows patients with more critical ailments to be treated on “regular” floors, ...
Continue reading "Are Heart Monitors Sometimes More Trouble Than They Are Worth?" »
Posted on Mar 16, 2012 By Scott Distasio
A new report by the US Department of Health and Human Services found that more than 80 percent of hospital errors are unreported by staff. According to ABC News , the report is based on Medicare data. ...
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Posted on Mar 12, 2012 By Scott Distasio
Across the US, fewer than half of states require doctors who perform cosmetic surgery in their offices to have their office licensed or accredited. According to USA Today this means in an emergency ...
Continue reading "Beauty Treatments at Florida Spas Should be Subject to Existing Plastic Surgery Regulations" »
Posted on Jan 5, 2012 By Scott Distasio
In 2004, Florida voters approved a Constitutional amendment giving hospital patients the right to see reports on deficient care and medical malpractice . Patients are permitted access to this ...
Continue reading "Are Florida Hospitals Hiding Bad Outcomes from the Public?" »
Posted on Dec 7, 2011 By Scott Distasio
Medical tests are considered an important part of the diagnosis process. They can uncover critical health information, assuming the labs actually communicate test results to doctors and their ...
Continue reading "Hidden Costs of Misplaced Medical Test Results" »
Posted on Sep 28, 2011 By Scott Distasio
Michael Yocabet of Pennsylvania needed a kidney transplant badly. Dialysis was not working well for him and he was suffering from diabetes-related kidney disease. His long-time partner and the mother ...
Continue reading "Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Failure to Discover Kidney Donor Was Infected with Hepatitis C" »
Posted on Sep 25, 2011 By Scott Distasio
According to USA Today over the past year, the number of cosmetic procedures performed in the U.S. rose by 77 percent. The introduction of chain offices like Lifestyle Lift has made plastic surgery ...
Continue reading "Beware of Medical Errors at Discount Cosmetic Surgery Centers" »
Posted on Sep 19, 2011 By Scott Distasio
Reuters reports between 1999 and 2006, fatal overdoses of prescription painkillers have more than tripled in the U.S. The abuse of prescription painkillers is particularly prevalent in states like ...
Continue reading "The Criminalization of Medical Malpractice" »
Posted on Sep 15, 2011 By Scott Distasio
According to PR Newswire , a new survey of both patients and doctors indicates both groups agree that improved doctor-patient communication will reduce the likelihood of medical malpractice lawsuits. ...
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Posted on Sep 2, 2011 By Scott Distasio
In 2003, Florida legislature passed a law overhauling the state's medical malpractice statutes. As part of this law, the legislature capped the amount of pain and suffering a damages that could be ...
Continue reading "Florida State Supreme Court Examining Constitutionality of Damage Cap" »
Posted on Aug 16, 2011 By Scott Distasio
When a person undergoes surgery for an ailment, he expects to get better. There may be some discomfort with recovery, but ultimately he expects to get back to his normal life without the inconvenient ...
Continue reading "Florida Judge Suffered from Two Medical Mistakes During Routine Operation" »
Posted on Aug 10, 2011 By Scott Distasio
medical mistakes The Sun Sentinel published an article examining a new Health Affairs study on hospital admissions. The study shows that up to 1 in every 3 hospital admissions results in injuries ...
Continue reading "Florida Hospitals Are Not Reducing The Frequency of Medical Mistakes" »
Posted on Jul 6, 2011 By Scott Distasio
In the last decade from 2000 to 2010, 32 Floridians have died shortly after undergoing cosmetic surgery. Approximately the same number of deaths occurred during the 1990s, which lead the state Board ...
Continue reading "Cosmetic Surgery Deaths Concern Healthcare Advocates" »
Posted on Apr 7, 2011 By Scott Distasio
Advocates of Tort reform are constantly making the claim that Medical Malpractice Attorneys are not needed to police the medical community because they police themselves. Linda Shrieves of the Orlando ...
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Posted on Apr 4, 2011 By Scott Distasio
The newspaper "Commercial Appeal" of Memphis recently published a letter to the editor titled "big paydays are the driving force behind tort-reform foes" in which the author, James Tutor states many ...
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Posted on Mar 25, 2011 By Scott Distasio
Most doctors are practicing medicine because they want to help people. However, as I pointed out in a recent blog post there are some unscrupulous doctors performing unnecessary procedures on patients ...
Continue reading "Doctor Flees The Country To Avoid 350 Medical Malpractice Lawsuits And Criminal Charges" »
Posted on Mar 9, 2011 By Scott Distasio
Media, politicians and special interest groups often claim that the high cost of health care is related to doctors performing "defensive medicine" out of fear of being sued by a personal injury ...
Continue reading "Is Defenseive Medicine Raising The Cost Of Health Care?" »