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Blog, Medical Case Review, Medical Expert Witness, Medical Legal, Medical Malpractice, Misdiagnosis, Negligence, Trial Attorneys On a regular basis, our experts discuss the frequent delays in emergency room cases. Click on the article below to see a new case in NYC. http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Family-Suing-Hospital-Lincoln-Coma-NYC-448056553.html
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Blog, Legal Nurse Consulting, Medical Malpractice, Negligence, Over Prescription, Substance Abuse Last week, the Board of Examiners for Nursing disciplined thirteen nurses across the country. The majority of the nurses had their licenses revoked or suspended because they were abusing drugs or alcohol, which affected their ability to practice. The list of disciplined nurses and their charges can be seen here. What do you think draws … Continued
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Electronic Medical Records, Legal Nurse Consulting, Medical Case Review, Medical Expert Witness, Medical Legal, Medical Malpractice, Misdiagnosis, Negligence, Nursing Home Abuse, Over Prescription Medical malpractice is the third leading cause in American deaths. Researchers at Johns Hopkins estimated that more than 250,000 deaths occur every year as a result of medical error, which is attributed to systematic problems like poorly coordinated care. Malpractice insurers and medical specialty groups are digging through thousands of closed medical malpractice claims that … Continued
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Blog, Medical Legal, Medical Malpractice, Misdiagnosis, Negligence, Nursing Home Abuse, Trial Attorneys A new study reveals medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States. This statistic is particularly surprising, as ‘medical error’ is not listed as cause of death on death certificates or in official cause of death rankings. Still, medical errors kill 251,000 people annually, an alarming 9.5% of deaths each … Continued
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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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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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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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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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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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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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