2012 Republican Party Platform And “Tort Reform”
August 31, 2012
The Republican Party has published its 2012 Republican Party Platform in which it addresses many issues, including “tort reform” under the heading, “Reducing Costs through Tort Reform,” in which it states: Frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits have ballooned the cost of[...]
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Diagnostic Errors In Hospital ICUs Cause 40,500 Deaths Annually
August 30, 2012
The results from a recent study undertaken by the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality that reviewed 31 studies that included 5,863 autopsies involving patients who died in hospital Intensive Care Units found that 28% of the patients who died had a least one missed [...]
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Oregon Medical Malpractice Claim Against Kaiser Doctor
August 24, 2012
During the summer 0f 2009, an Oregon man was having problems with his right wrist and therefore sought a medical opinion and medical care from a doctor employed by Kaiser Permanente. According to the medical malpractice case filed on his behalf on July 16, 2012 in the Oregon Circuit Courts for Mari[...]
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Wrongful Disclosure Of Mental Health Records
August 23, 2012
On August 2, 2012, a lawsuit was filed in the Superior Court of California for Riverside County that alleges the wrongful disclosure of a patient’s mental health records, in violation of federal and state laws. The lawsuit claims that the defendants in the present case were also the defenda[...]
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Connecticut Nursing Home Workers On Strike
August 22, 2012
Approximately 600 workers at five nursing homes in Connecticut that are owned by HealthBridge Management have been on strike since July 3, 2012. The unionized workers walked off their jobs after the nursing homes’ owner implemented major changes that the workers considered to be very detrimen[...]
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FDA Issues Defibrillator Lead Recommendation
August 20, 2012
On August 16, 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued its formal recommendation that patients with implantable heart defibrillators that have the Riata and Riata ST leads manufactured by St. Jude Medical should have x-rays or other imaging alternatives to check for abnormalities in the [...]
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