Posted on September 29, 2009 by docblawg
AHRQ News and Numbers Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Attack, and Stroke Hospitalizations Down Significantly The number of Americans admitted to hospitals for treatment of coronary artery disease declined by 31 percent between 1997 and 2007, according to a recentNews and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). As a result of this decrease, coronary [...]
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Posted on September 28, 2009 by docblawg
The Texas Supreme Court has heard argument on cases involving the latent discovery of negligence. Both cases involve retained sponges left in two women. In one patient, the sponge was discovered 9 1/2 years after having a tubal ligation in 1995; while this patient had continuous symptoms the sponge wasn’t discovered for years. In her [...]
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Posted on September 21, 2009 by docblawg
In September 2003, a male inmate, serving time for parole violations, reported pain he was having in his scrotum to guards at the Halawa prison in Hawaii. He wasn’t seen by a doctor right away despite the policies of the state run prison. By the time he was admitted to Queens Hospital, days later, his [...]
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Posted on September 14, 2009 by docblawg
Suppose you practice medicine in Florida. Now suppose you managed to accumulate 3 malpractice verdicts or arbitration awards, or both, against you. Based upon those 3 verdicts, your medical license would be revoked. After that, try getting a license to practice in another State. A patient’s attorney in Florida is trying to enforce this law. In 2004, the [...]
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Posted on September 9, 2009 by docblawg
The number of hospital stays that ended with patients leaving against the advice of medical staff increased from 264,000 cases to 368,000—about 39 percent—between 1997 and 2007 according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). For cases in which patients left against medical advice in 2007, the Federal agency also found [...]
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Posted on September 7, 2009 by docblawg
The debate on tort reform is not new. Since the early 70′s the idea of damage caps in medical malpractice cases have been argued and implemented in the United States. The debate will surely continue as doctors want assurances from the Obama administration that they won’t be held liable for following the rules of a government [...]
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Posted on September 5, 2009 by docblawg
As alleged by the patient’s attorney: 62 year old Enrique Milla consulted with urologist for a penile implant. He underwent the procedure but a severe infection set in. The infection was so severe that the gangrenous penis was removed. The attorney contends that the procedure should never have been done in the first place because [...]
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Posted on September 2, 2009 by docblawg
Just when I blawged about the neglect by mainstream media to report on verdicts favorable to health care providers, Naples News (FL) proves me wrong! In the reported case three treating physicians were found not negligent for their part in caring for a patient who became paralyzed. In 2005, the patient, Sheila Matthews, walked to an ambulance after [...]
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