Medical Malpractice

• Argument that Overzealous Guardians Hamper Research Undermines Tissue Donor's Right to Full Disclosure

  Jack Landskroner | August 16, 2006 11:02 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Biomedical scientists say it has become increasingly difficult to get access to the human tissue necessary for research that can save lives. Garry Jennings, who is the director of the Baker Heart Research Institute and the Alfred Hospital as well as president-elect of the Australian Association of Medical Research Institutes suggests: "Our experience is that the consumers who serve on ethics...

• Prescription Mis-fills on the Rise

  Justin Madden | August 02, 2006 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  The American pharamceutical industry is a mutli-billion dollar industry. But, the United State is experiencing a shortage of qualifed phamarcists. At the same time physicians are writing an increasing number of prescriptions for their patients. The overworked and harried pharamacists at the drug stores are struggling to keep a timely pace with the flood of prescriptions. This situation creates...

• Magistrate Judge Moves Defective Tissue Cases Along

  Jack Landskroner | August 02, 2006 7:50 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Earlier this week Federal Magistrate Judge Ronald J. Hedges, in the United States District Court District of New Jersey, conducted a hearing on matters related to the Human Tissue Litigation stemming from the improper and illegal harvesting of tissue subsequently used by doctors and hospital across the country in surgical procedures. Defendants Medtronic, Spinal Graft Technologies, and...

• Medical Mistake During Birth is Lifetime Injury

  Justin Madden | August 01, 2006 10:41 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  A medical mistake during the birth of a child can cause a lifetime injury for the child's family. When medical mistakes occur, which interrupt or deprive an otherwise healthy baby of oxygen during birth, the family of the child is suddenly facing a tragic future. A child that would have grown, gained independence, and ultimately self-support, now represents a permanent demand for care and...

• Drug Errors in Hospitals and Doctors' Offices Injure Millions

  Jack Landskroner | July 20, 2006 6:57 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Medical Malpractice continues to plague patients across the country. One of the most concerning areas of negligence involves drug errors in the recommendation, use and filling of prescription medication. More than 1.5 million Americans are injured every year by drug errors in hospitals, nursing homes and doctor's offices, a count that doesn't even estimate patients' own medication mix-ups,...

• Finding a Good Doctor

  Paul Grieco | July 13, 2006 4:19 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  When someone is thinking about going to a new restaurant or buying a new car or making some other type of purchase, many times the persom will investigate to make sure what they are spending their money on is something worthwhile and to their liking. Unfortuneately, when it comes to selecting a doctor, a decision which could mean life or death, many people do not know how to go about selecting...

• Baxter Heparin Recall Demonstrates Limitations On FDA's Ability To Adequately Protect Patient Safety(2)

  Rhonda Baker Debevec | March 05, 2008 4:36 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  On February 28, 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued its most recent Public Health Advisory concerning a popular blood thinner, Heparin, manufactured by Baxter Healthcare Corporation. An unusually high number of severe allergic reactions have been associated with this product when it is administered in high doses over short periods of time - commonly referred to as a bolus. The...

• Gadolinium Based Contrast Agents Pose Risk for Kidney Patients

  Courtney Mills | December 10, 2007 4:19 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Earlier this year the FDA released an alert about gadolinium-based contrast agents, announcing its decision to ask all manufacturers of these agents to place black-box warnings on these contrast agents. Gadolinium-based contrast agents are used by diagnosticians to heighten the image quality of a magnetic resonance image (MRI).The announced black box warning in May of 2007 came as a result of...

• Lack of Communication Between Medical Providers Can Be Deadly

  Jack Landskroner | January 06, 2007 11:38 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  When physicians and medical care providers fail to communicate or miscommunicate in the treatment of a patient it can be deadly. Kenneth Margolin, a Boston Attorney, highlights what can happen when there is an operating room miscommunication. Surgical malpractice with catastrophic results are often caused by miscommunication amongst members of the operating team. The very term operating "team"...

• Medical errors are preventable: Tips to keep you safe at the hospital

  Rebecca Castell | November 29, 2006 2:00 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  A recent article in the Washington Post points out some scary statistics regarding the rate of human error in health care settings. Human error -- whether it stems from overworked and exhausted medical interns or other causes -- is a leading source of medical errors that kill as many as 98,000 Americans a year, according to the Institute of Medicine (IOM). The problem is particularly acute in...