Medical Malpractice

• Tissue Supplier Reports Infection From Cadaver Tissue Prompting Recall

  Jack Landskroner | November 29, 2006 2:22 AM | 1 CommentCleveland, OH

  For the third time in the last year a supplier of human tissue used in surgical procedures has recalled tissue because of safety concerns. A Minnesota patient apparently was infected with an unusual germ from cadaver tissue used during routine knee surgery -- a discovery that has led the nation's largest tissue bank to ask 750 hospitals around the country to return 2,400 tendons and other body...

• Medical Malpractice or Just a Bad Outcome?

  Jack Landskroner | November 12, 2006 9:29 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  What is medical malpractice? Generally medical malpractice, also know as medical negligence, occurs when a physician or medical professional fails to practice within the realm of accepted medical standards. In English, this means that a doctor or care provider failed to do what a reasonable care provider would have done or in the alternative did something that the care provider should not have...

• Pharmacy Wars Dangerous to Consumers

  Justin Madden | October 27, 2006 10:55 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  The pharmaceutical industry is a multi billion dollar a year industry. Prescriptions are no longer just filled at the local drug store, where you would expect a competent pharmacist to work. Instead, prescriptions are filled at national chains, such as CVS, Rite Aid, as well as Wal Mart, and Giant Eagle. What's next, Home Depot? The intensely fierce competition for your pharmacy business...

• US Healthcare System Still Neglects Minorities

  Justin Madden | October 25, 2006 1:15 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Recently published national studies continue to show that minorities are subject to neglect and rejection in the present medical healthcare system. These studies show that regardless of the quality of their health plan, minorities are less likely to have major surgery at leading medical institutions, opting instead for less prestigious medical centers, with higher incidences of medical...

• Adverse Drug Reactions Result in over 700,000 ER Visits Per Year

  Jack Landskroner | October 24, 2006 6:21 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has published the results of a study which reports over 700,000 Emergency Room visits a year as a result of adverse drug reactions (ADR's) to prescription drugs and over the counter medications. The article is titled "National Surveillance of Emergency Department Visits for Outpatient Adverse Drug Events" and reports:Patients 65 or older...

• Nursing Home Patients Deserve Protection

  Justin Madden | October 23, 2006 10:21 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Nursing Home Abuse cases are repulsively still common occurrences in our society. The helpless elderly patients in public or private nursing home facilities still suffer abuse or neglect by the employees who are paid to protect and care for them.No family member should ever tolerate this type of misconduct. Bruising, malnourishment, bedsores, or sudden unexplained changes in personalities may...

• Check Out the Quality of Your Hospital

  Paul Grieco | October 19, 2006 12:05 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  A recent study has confirmed the importance of checking out the quality of a hospital before you seek treatment at the facility. The study compares the nature of treatment patients receive at "5 star" hospitals as opposed to those ranked lower, some as low as "1 star". Those facilities ranked with 5 stars, had significantly lower death rates than those ranked with less stars.Before undergoing a...

• Laws Prohibiting the Sale of Human Tissue Do Not Prevent Industry Profit

  Jack Landskroner | October 17, 2006 10:47 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Federal regulations prohibit the sale of human tissue or body parts; however, that has not stopped those in the industry from using loopholes in the law to turn huge profits. The harvesting and processing of human tissue is largely governed by the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act. This act was passed in 1968 and revised in 1987. The Act:Explicitly prohibited the sale of human organs. Federal law...

• Hospital Errs Again

  Paul Grieco | October 16, 2006 11:31 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  After receiving publicity as a result of giving lethal doses of a drug to three premature babies, an Indiana hospital is again in the news as a result of another error. This time an anesthisiologist who works at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, gave a patient pain medication ten times faster than intended, causing temporary paralysis in the patient. The medication was in the form of an...

• New Report on Medication Errors Suggests Malpractice is Common

  Jack Landskroner | October 11, 2006 6:23 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Medication errors are on the rise. Injuryboard Attorney Thomas J, Methvin summarizes a recent report by a national medical advisory organization in his recent blog post:The Institute of Medicine, the nation's most prestigious medical advisory organization, released a report, "Preventing Medication Errors," on July 20th that revealed the magnitude of the problem. It's estimated that as many as...