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Mednick Associates to Exhibit at GTLA Annual Convention & President’s Gala

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/ Legal Nurse Consulting, Medical Case Review, Medical Expert Witness, Medical Legal, Medical Malpractice, Trial Attorneys

Mednick Associates will be attending and exhibiting the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA) Annual Convention & President’s Gala again this year. The two-day event will take place at the Ritz-Carlton Buckhead in Atlanta April 28-29, 2016. Thursday, April 28th: First-class education all day followed by the Welcome Reception sponsored by Butler, Wooten, Cheeley & Peak … Continued

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Staggering Number of Medication Errors during Surgery

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/ Electronic Medical Records, Medical Malpractice, Negligence, Over Prescription

A recent Harvard study uncovered the alarming number of medication errors (124 in 277 surgeries) that occur during surgery. Surgical medication errors included drug labeling and documentation mistakes, incorrect dosing, and/or failing to properly treat changes in a patient’s vital signs. The study is a result of the Massachusetts General Hospital’s efforts to quantify and … Continued

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$15 Million Medical Malpractice Claim for Botched Neurosurgery

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/ Blog, Brain & Spinal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Nuerosurgery

A 54-year-old woman was left paralyzed after a surgery conducted at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and recently filed a $15 million medical malpractice claim against the institution. In 2014, doctors discovered meningiomas (benign tumors) within the thin layers of tissue covering her brain and spinal cord. After doctors recommended removing one of … Continued

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6 Medical Record Input Errors that Lead to Lawsuits

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/ Blog, Electronic Medical Records, Medical Malpractice, Misdiagnosis, Negligence

Electronic Medical Records (EMRs), according to the general medical community, serve as an unnecessary obstacle to practicing medicine. As a result, many physicians are resistant or slow to adopt the utilization of EMRs. Case law establishes physicians can be held liable for harm that could have been averted had they more carefully studied the records, … Continued

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Denver Surgical Tech Faces 10 Years in Prison

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/ Blog, Medical Malpractice, Negligence

Swedish Hospital in Denver, Colorado, recently advised 2,900 patients and former patients to be tested for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C. A surgical tech was taken into custody for stealing a syringe full of the narcotic Fentanyl and replaced it with another undisclosed substance. This prompted the hospital to terminate the surgical technician’s employment … Continued

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Prescribing Drugs to Addicted Patients Lands Doctor in Jail for Second-Degree Murder

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/ Blog, Medical Malpractice, Negligence, Over Prescription, Product Liability, Substance Abuse

Dr. Hsiu-Ying “Lisa” Tseng of Los Angeles was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for a second-degree murder conviction. According to an article published by the Associated Press, the Drug Enforcement Administration says Tseng wrote more than 27,000 [painkiller] prescriptions over a three-year period starting in January 2007 – an average of 25 … Continued

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NYSTLA 3rd Annual Women’s Caucus Reception

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/ Blog, Legal Nurse Consulting, Medical Expert Witness, Medical Malpractice, Trial Attorneys, Updates

Mednick Associates will be in attendance at NYSTLA’s upcoming 3rd Annual Women’s Caucus Reception. The event will take place Thursday, February 4th from 6-8pm at the New York Academy of Medicine. We will be honoring Hon. Marsha Steinhardt. Mednick Associates is a proud sponsor and supporter of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association.

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Duodenoscope linked to life-threatening infections

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/ Blog, Medical Expert Witness, Medical Malpractice, Negligence, Product Liability

The US Senate is currently investigating the circumstances which caused 25 patients to contract life-threatening infections linked to a device known as the duodenoscope. The duodenoscope is used in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), a procedure during which doctors thread the flexible scope down a patient’s throat into the digestive tract to diagnose and treat cancers, … Continued

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National Trial Lawyers Summit- February 2016

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/ Blog, Electronic Medical Records, Legal Nurse Consulting, Medical Case Review, Medical Expert Witness, Medical Malpractice, Trial Attorneys, Updates

The National Trial Lawyers Summit is quickly approaching. The annual 3-day event will take place in sunny Miami, FL, February 7-10, 2016. Mednick Associates will be attending and sponsoring. See here for the program agenda, which features a number of best-in-business speakers who will be sharing their trial skills and experience.

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EMRs and Medical Malpractice

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/ Blog, Electronic Medical Records, Legal Nurse Consulting, Medical Case Review, Medical Expert Witness, Medical Malpractice, Misdiagnosis, Negligence, Trial Attorneys

Electronic Medical Records (EMRs), according to the general medical community, serve as an unnecessary obstacle to practicing medicine. As a result, many physicians are resistant or slow to adopt the utilization of EMRs. Case law establishes physicians can be held liable for harm that could have been averted had they more carefully studied the records, … Continued

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