For the vast majority of us, our doctors are held to account not only by the high standards put forth by their educational and certifying organizations, but by the knowledge that we, ourselves, can take action against them for their misdeeds. Accidents are bound to happen at one point or another, but when an incident strays into actual malpractice, we as patients are able to bring the ...
Military Doctors Keep Malpractice Protection
Posted June 11, 2019 in Medical Malpractice | Product News and Recalls
For Docs, Losing License Doesn’t Mean Losing the Ability to Practice
Posted December 11, 2018 in Medical Malpractice | Product News and Recalls
When most hear about bad doctors losing their licenses to practice, they rest assured in the knowledge that the doctor in question can no longer cause harm to patients. They take solace in the idea of a body of accrediting agencies working to keep the patient population safe and saying to this person “you are unworthy of practicing ...
Multimillion Dollar Award Issued Against Military Medical Center
Posted March 29, 2018 in Medical Malpractice | Product News and Recalls
The infection that set in after Navy officer Marites Campano gave birth at Hawaii’s Tripler Army Medical Center could have and should have been treated with IV antibiotics. Instead, doctors and staff did nothing, even when faced with a patient in extraordinary pain for two days. Campano eventually became septic and now is faced with years of dialysis and the prospect ...
Medical Errors Become a Leading Cause of Death in the United States
Posted May 17, 2016 in Medical Malpractice | Product News and Recalls
Here’s an interesting game to play at your next party – ask everyone to list the top three causes of death in the United States. Odds are that you’d get a very eclectic mix of responses.
If media reports were to be believed, murder would have to be pretty far up there. Local news thrives on the idea that you live in a very dangerous world (no matter ...
continue reading...Impermanence of Affordable Care Act Means No Limits on Medical Malpractice Claims, According to One New Jersey Case
Posted February 23, 2016 in Medical Malpractice | Product News and Recalls
The Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as Obamacare, is one of the largest and most complicated pieces of legislation in the history of modern government. Created and written to provide health insurance for those who would probably otherwise go without while also trying to take the needs of insurers into consideration, it is also one of the most controversial.
The Act covers everything from payment ...
continue reading...Small Percentage of Doctors Accounts for Large Percentage of Malpractice Claims
Posted February 18, 2016 in Medical Malpractice | Product News and Recalls
The idea of statistically significant numbers of occurrences being attributed to a small portion of a population isn’t anything new. We know that wealth accumulation, for example, is highly concentrated. A very small number of people hold the majority of wealth of an entire country.
Other populations experience the same anomaly. And, according to a study recently released by Stanford researchers, this same principle can also be ...
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